# Purba Phuguri Tea Garden Village, Mirik – Population

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Purba Phuguri Tea Garden

Purba Phuguri Tea Garden is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,174 people in 258 households**, the 14th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 1,174people (2011)
- 258households
- 83.3%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Phuguri Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Purba Phuguri Tea Garden in 2011, 88 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 58 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Purba Phuguri Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****58%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**85%

Use banking services ****91%**

**85%

Television ****74%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purba Phuguri Tea Garden?

■ Purba Phuguri Tea Garden · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**908

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 75.5% for women. 41% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 343 (85%) · **■** Marginal 58 (14%)

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

- Patong Tea Garden2,337 people
- Lohagar Tea Garden2,081 people
- Bara Chenga1,880 people
- Tingling Tea Garden1,624 people
- Rangmohan576 people
- Panthabari Forest556 people
- Panighata Manager's Bunglow213 people
- Lohagar Forest144 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Phuguri Tea Garden?1,174 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Phuguri Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Phuguri Tea Garden?83.3% (Census 2011)