Cart Road

Cart Road
Census Town
Cart Road Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Cart Road Cart Road (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°50′51″N88°20′22″E / 26.847597°N 88.339367°E / 26.847597; 88.339367
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Area
• Total	17.99 km2 (6.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,444
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	WB

Cart Road is a census town in the Kurseong CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places and tea estates in the north-eastern portion of Darjeeling Sadar subdivision (including Rangli Rangliot CD block) and Kurseong subdivision in Darjeeling district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, H: hill centre, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate, TA: tourist attraction
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

Location

Cart Road is located at 26°50′51″N88°20′22″E / 26.847597°N 88.339367°E / 26.847597; 88.339367 .

Area overview

The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it 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 Kurseong subdivision 58.41% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 41.59% lives in the urban areas. ^{[1] [2]} 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. ^[3] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. ^[4] 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Cart Road had a total population of 14,444 of which 7,116 (49%) were males and 7,328 (51%) were females. There were 1,085 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Cart Road was 11,976 (82.91% of the population over 6 years). ^[5]

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[6] Cart Road had a population of 13,701. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Cart Road has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 85% and female literacy of 72%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Darjiling, Cart Road covered an area of 17.99 km². Among the civic amenities, it had domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 12 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 senior secondary schools,1 degree college. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 orphanage home, 4 public libraries. An important commodity it manufactured was tea. It had the branches of 2 nationalised banks and 1 agricultural credit society. ^[7]

References

1. "Darjeeling". District Profile - General Information. District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "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.
3. "Darjeeling Tea". District administration. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
6. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
7. "District Census Handbook Darjiling, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 419-422: Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 423; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 424-425; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 426-427; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 428-430 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 431: Statement VI: Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

External links

• Kurseong travel guide from Wikivoyage