# Soom Tea Garden Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar – Population

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Soom Tea Garden

Soom Tea Garden is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,578 people in 757 households**, the 9th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 3,578people (2011)
- 757households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Soom Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Soom Tea Garden in 2011, 93 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Soom Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**34%

Tap water ****32%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**75%

Use banking services ****40%**

**47%

Television ****47%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**83%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Soom Tea Garden?

■ Soom Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**940

Working population ****34.3%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 67.3% for women. 38% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 941 (77%) · **■** Marginal 242 (20%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Tukvar Tea Garden4,791 people
- Kaijalia4,150 people
- Pandam Tea Garden3,959 people
- Kankibong3,765 people
- Relling3,568 people
- Hatta3,436 people
- Singla Tea Garden3,400 people
- Phubsering Tea Garden3,208 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Soom Tea Garden?3,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Soom Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Soom Tea Garden?74.8% (Census 2011)