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Castleton Tea Garden Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Castleton Tea Garden is a medium size village located in Kurseong Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 189 families residing. The Castleton Tea Garden village has population of 779 of which 379 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Castleton Tea Garden village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 8.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Castleton Tea Garden village is 1055 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Castleton Tea Garden as per census is 882, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Castleton Tea Garden village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Castleton Tea Garden village was 77.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Castleton Tea Garden Male literacy stands at 86.67 % while female literacy rate was 68.65 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Castleton Tea Garden village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Castleton Tea Garden village.

Castleton Tea Garden Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 779 379 400
Child (0-6) 64 34 30
Schedule Caste 63 30 33
Schedule Tribe 340 165 175
Literacy 77.34 % 86.67 % 68.65 %
Total Workers 337 188 149
Main Worker 323 - -
Marginal Worker 14 9 5

Caste Factor

In Castleton Tea Garden village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.09 % of total population in Castleton Tea Garden village.

Work Profile

In Castleton Tea Garden village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 95.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.