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the dispossession, indebtedness and despair of
Adivasis to transport them, often by force or deception, as far as Assam or the Dooars – or even further afield to plantations in Trinidad, Guyana, South Africa and Malaya. A century and a half later, these communities are on the move again. The moribund economy of the Dooars region has rendered these communities vulnerable yet again."
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Adivasis from
Chotanagpur form a sizeable section of the workers in the tea gardens in the area. Dumka, Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Chaibasa formed one of the biggest catchment areas for tea garden labour in the twilight years of the 19th century. "The notorious coolie trade under colonial rule exploited
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in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half
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Established in 1895, Bandapani Tea Garden was closed in 2013. The 1,000 hectare tea garden used to employ 1,667 people and produce 6 lakh kg of tea annually. It was originally owned by the
Darjeeling Dooars Plantation Limited. They sold it to Mohta Enterprises. Then it was taken over by Sarada
843:, Bandapani Tea Garden had a total population of 5,390. There were 2,756 (51%) males and 2,634 (49%) females. There were 741 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Bandapani Tea Garden was 2,940 (63.24% of the population over 6 years).
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The state government has been providing a monthly assistance of Rs.1,500 to each permanent worker of the locked out gardens. There are about 10,000 jobless workers and their families in nine closed tea gardens in the dooars. Everybody is assured of two plain meals in a day.
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the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.
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Alipurdar subdivision (including Madarihat-Birpara, Falakata and Alipuduar I CD blocks) in Alipurduar district
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Pleasure and
Adventure Limited, a Siliguri-based hotel, who had no experience in running a tea garden.
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936:"District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA"
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910:"CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)"
945:. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal
884:"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri"
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64:Location in West Bengal, India
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1024:. Scroll.in, 16 November 2019
18:Village in West Bengal, India
1046:. The Telegraph, 5 June 2020
97:Bandapani Tea Garden (India)
1276:other than cities and towns
1155:Alipurduar Railway Junction
742:Alipurduar Railway Junction
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1072:. Ei Samay, 19 March 2014
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857:Dooars-Terai tea gardens
67:Show map of West Bengal
310:Alipurduar subdivision
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1284:Bandapani Tea Garden
841:2011 Census of India
295:Bandapani Tea Garden
242:Vehicle registration
91:Bandapani Tea Garden
58:Bandapani Tea Garden
25:Bandapani Tea Garden
1120:Alipurduar district
802:26.7841°N 89.1057°E
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314:Alipurduar district
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129:26.7841°N 89.1057°E
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1250:Uttar Kamakhyaguri
192: • Total
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538:Birpara TG
470:Aryaman TE
282:alipurduar
229:Telephone/
187:Population
181:Alipurduar
120:89°06′21″E
117:26°47′03″N
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328:Geography
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