# Bukim Tea Garden Village, Mirik, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Bukim Tea Garden

Bukim Tea Garden is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,711 people in 1,042 households**, the 2nd largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 4,711people (2011)
- 1,042households
- 80.6%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bukim Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Bukim Tea Garden in 2011, 79 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bukim Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**34%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**85%

Use banking services ****85%**

**85%

Television ****62%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****88%**

**85%

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 Bukim Tea Garden?

■ Bukim Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**908

Working population ****37.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 73.2% for women. 41% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (11%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,066 (61%) · **■** Marginal 444 (25%)

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 Mirik

- Panighata5,235 people
- New Fallodi Tea Garden4,557 people
- Mirik Khasmahal4,329 people
- Saurinibasti3,901 people
- Okaity Tea Garden3,509 people

[All 21 villages in Mirik](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/mirik/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bukim Tea Garden?4,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bukim Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bukim Tea Garden?80.6% (Census 2011)