Monteviot Tea Garden

Monteviot Tea Garden
Village
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Coordinates: 26°53′08″N88°16′09″E / 26.8855°N 88.2693°E / 26.8855; 88.2693
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Population  (2011)
• Total	743
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Darjeeling
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kurseong
Website	darjeeling.gov.in

Monteviot Tea Garden is a village in the Kurseong CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Etymology

The name "Monteviot" is derived from a French word meaning 'rock'. ^[1]

History

Monteviot Tea Garden was established in 1856. ^[1]

The ailing tea garden was taken over by the Ambootia group and brought back to life. ^[2]

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

Monteviot Tea Garden is located at 26°53′09″N88°16′09″E / 26.8858°N 88.2693°E / 26.8858; 88.2693 . Monteviot Tea Garden with an area of 88 hectares (220 acres) is an organic Darjeeling tea garden in the north Kurseong valley at an altitude ranging from 950 to 1,700 metres (3,120 to 5,580 ft). It produces Green tea. In 2004, the tea factory was completely burnt down. ^[3]

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. ^{[4] [5]} 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. ^[6] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. ^[7] 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, Montiviot Tea Garden had a total population of 743 of which 357 (48%) were males and 386 (52%) were females. There were 40 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Montiviot was 616 (82.91% of the population over 6 years). ^[8]

DOTEPL group

The gardens of the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Private Ltd. are: Ambootia, Changtong, Happy Valley, Monteviot, Moondakotee, Mullootar, Nagri, Noorbong, Sepoydhurah (Chamling), Sivitar, Rangmook Ceder, Rangaroon, Pandam and Aloobari. ^[9]

References

1. "Monteviot". Darjeeling Organic Teas Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
2. "Darjeeling Tea Tourism Trend". Monteviot. The World is a Tea Party. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. "Darjeeling Tea Estates: L-M". Monteviot Tea Estate. Darjeeling Tourism. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
4. "Darjeeling". District Profile - General Information. District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "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.
6. "Darjeeling Tea". District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
7. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
8. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
9. "The Finest Organic Teas". Our Evergrowing Family. Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Private Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2020.