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

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Okaity Tea Garden

Okaity Tea Garden is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,509 people in 734 households**, the 6th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 3,509people (2011)
- 734households
- 83.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Okaity Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Okaity Tea Garden in 2011, 84 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Okaity Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**34%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**85%

Use banking services ****74%**

**85%

Television ****67%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Okaity Tea Garden?

■ Okaity Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**908

Working population ****31.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 75.9% for women. 35% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (18%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 745 (67%) · **■** Marginal 146 (13%)

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

- Bukim Tea Garden4,711 people
- New Fallodi Tea Garden4,557 people
- Mirik Khasmahal4,329 people
- Saurinibasti3,901 people
- Singbulli Tea Garden3,306 people
- Marma Tea Garden3,077 people
- Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden2,889 people
- Patong Tea Garden2,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Okaity Tea Garden?3,509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Okaity Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Okaity Tea Garden?83.7% (Census 2011)