# Sankos Tea Garden Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Sankos Tea Garden

Sankos Tea Garden is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,643 people in 1,475 households**, the 3rd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 6,643people (2011)
- 1,475households
- 52.5%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankos Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Sankos Tea Garden in 2011, 63 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sankos Tea Garden · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**58%

Tap water ****52%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**22%

Television ****32%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**29%

Own their home ****40%**

**82%

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 Sankos Tea Garden?

■ Sankos Tea Garden · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**947

Working population ****45.5%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 44.4% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,845 (61%) · **■** Marginal 1,143 (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 Kumargram

- Raydak Tea Garden7,610 people
- Dakhin Narathali7,433 people
- New Lands Tea Garden6,369 people
- Narathali6,337 people
- Kumargram Tea Garden6,328 people
- Kumargram5,384 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankos Tea Garden?6,643 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankos Tea Garden in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankos Tea Garden?52.5% (Census 2011)