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

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Patong Tea Garden

Patong Tea Garden is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,337 people in 499 households**, the 10th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 2,337people (2011)
- 499households
- 72.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patong Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Patong Tea Garden in 2011, 94 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Patong Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**34%

Tap water ****66%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**85%

Television ****54%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Patong Tea Garden?

■ Patong Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****720**

**908

Working population ****33.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 62.8% for women. 42% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (6%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 414 (54%) · **■** Marginal 292 (38%)

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

- Okaity Tea Garden3,509 people
- Singbulli Tea Garden3,306 people
- Marma Tea Garden3,077 people
- Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden2,889 people
- Lohagar Tea Garden2,081 people
- Bara Chenga1,880 people
- Tingling Tea Garden1,624 people
- Purba Phuguri Tea Garden1,174 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patong Tea Garden?2,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patong Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patong Tea Garden?72.3% (Census 2011)