| Voice of Darjiling :
Tapan Bhaumi
Darjiling District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3149.0 Km2
Population in Darjiling (Census 2011)
Under 6 population
Total : 180170
Male : 92728
Female : 87442
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 56982
In seeing : 34185
In speech : 6534
In hearing : 5164
In movement : 6098
Mental : 5001
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 308
Sex Ratio Rank : 276
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Sex Ratio Rank :
Disability : 123 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 169 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Darjiling District
One of the most beautiful hill stations in the
country. Tea, Timber and Tourism are the three main factors for
economy of the district. Orange and Cardamom are also two cash crops
for this district.
Darjeeling derives its name from the Tibetan DORJE-LING
meaning "place of the thunderbolt." The district town of extreme
northern West Bengal lies at an elevation of about 7,000 feet (2,100
m) above sea level. District Headquarter is also called Darjeeling,
situated 305 miles north of Calcuttaand is well connected by major
road, rail, and air connections with the metropolis. The town is
situated on a long, narrow mountain ridge of the Sikkim Himalayas
that descends abruptly to the bed of the Great Rangit River. On
a clear day the city presents the grandview of Kanchenjunga and
glimpses of the Mt.Everest.
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