Poobong Tea Garden
Poobong Tea Garden
Chota Poobong | |
|---|---|
Village | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
| PIN | 734102 |
| Telephone code | 0091 354 |
| Vehicle registration | WB- |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Ghoom |
| Sex ratio | 1;1 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 40% |
| Avg. summer temperature | 25 °C (77 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 2 °C (36 °F) |
| Website | darjeeling |
Poobong Tea Garden (also spelled Pubong) is a village in the
Etymology
Poobong means 'a valley behind the clouds'. [1]
History
Poobong Tea Estate was established in 1913.[2]
Geography
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CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Area overview
The map alongside shows a portion of the southern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the Mirik subdivision 80.11% of the total population lives in rural areas and 19.89% lives in urban areas.[3][4] There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.[5] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[6] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Location
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Poobong, situated between
From the main road it is around 3.5 km rough road down towards the village. The main sources of income of this place was/is working in the Tea Garden but some are engaged in agriculture and some go to work in different parts of India and abroad.
Poobong has two divisions: Tea estate and Busty. There are 4 primary schools, Chettri Goan Primary School, Poobong Kaman Primary School, Alubari Primary School and Poobong Fatak Primary School; one junior high school is in school Dara. For higher education one has to go to Ghoom, Sukhia, Darjeeling etc.
Demographics
According to the
Gallery
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Tea Gardan -
Local House -
References
- ^ a b "Poobong Tea Estate". Darjeeling Tea Boutique. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Poobong Tea Estate". Tea Box. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Darjeeling". District Profile - General Information. District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Darjeeling Tea". District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
External links
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