Monteviot Tea Garden is a village in the

Kurseong Kurseong is a town and a municipality in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Kurseong subdivision. Located at an altitude of , Kurseong is from Darjeeling and has a pleasant climate throughout ...

CD block in the

Kurseong subdivision Kurseong subdivision is a subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Darjeeling district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Police stations Police stations in the Kurseon ...

of the

Darjeeling district Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters. Kurseon ...

in the state of

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Etymology

The name "Monteviot" is derived from a French word meaning 'rock'.

History

Monteviot Tea Garden was established in 1856. The ailing tea garden was taken over by the Ambootia group and brought back to life.

Geography

Location

Monteviot Tea Garden is located at . Monteviot Tea Garden with an area of is an organic

Darjeeling tea Darjeeling tea is a tea made from ''Camellia sinensis var. sinensis'' that is grown and processed in Darjeeling or Kalimpong Districts in West Bengal, India. Since 2004, the term ''Darjeeling tea'' has been a registered geographical indication ...

garden in the north Kurseong valley at an altitude ranging from . It produces

Green tea Green tea is a type of tea that is made from '' Camellia sinensis'' leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process which is used to make oolong teas and black teas. Green tea originated in China, and since the ...

. In 2004, the tea factory was completely burnt down.

Area overview

The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the

Darjeeling Himalayan hill region Darjeeling Himalayan hill region or Darjeeling Himalaya is the mountainous area on the north-western side of the state of West Bengal in India. This region belongs to the Eastern Himalaya range. The Darjeeling district except the Siliguri subdiv ...

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 Darjeeling Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Darjeeling district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Police stations Police stations in ...

61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the

58.41% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 41.59% lives in the urban areas. There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting

. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

s or villages. 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 The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 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).

DOTEPL group

The gardens of the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Private Ltd. are:

Ambootia Ambootia or ''Ambootay'' is a tea estate village in the Kurseong CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal in India. Geography Location Geo-location . Ambootia is situated below Kurseong in t ...

, Changtong, Happy Valley, Monteviot, Moondakotee, Mullootar, Nagri, Noorbong, Sepoydhurah (Chamling), Sivitar, Rangmook Ceder, Rangaroon, Pandam and Aloobari.

References

{{Darjeeling District Villages in Darjeeling district