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

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Marma Tea Garden

Marma Tea Garden is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,077 people in 700 households**, the 8th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 3,077people (2011)
- 700households
- 79.4%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marma Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Marma Tea Garden in 2011, 80 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marma Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**34%

Tap water ****2%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**85%

Use banking services ****85%**

**85%

Television ****50%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****31%**

**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 Marma Tea Garden?

■ Marma Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**908

Working population ****48.3%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 70.9% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 253 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (7%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 602 (40%) · **■** Marginal 516 (35%)

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

- Mirik Khasmahal4,329 people
- Saurinibasti3,901 people
- Okaity Tea Garden3,509 people
- Singbulli Tea Garden3,306 people
- Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden2,889 people
- Patong Tea Garden2,337 people
- Lohagar Tea Garden2,081 people
- Bara Chenga1,880 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marma Tea Garden?3,077 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marma Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Marma Tea Garden?79.4% (Census 2011)