Giddapahar (also written as Gidda Pahar) 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 throu ...

CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Etymology

Literally, it means "Eagle’s hill" but is often thought of as "Eagle’s Cliff".

History

Established in 1881, it has been with the Shaw family all through. Presently, a fourth generation owns and manages Giddapahar Tea Garden.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Museum

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Museum at Giddapahar is associated with the sacred memories of two great patriots – Sarat Chandra Bose and

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian independence movement, Indian nationalist whose defiance of British raj, British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with ...

. Sarat Bose purchased the house in 1922. Sarat Bose himself was interned in this house for two years in 1933–35. Subas Bose was placed under house arrest in this house for 7 months in 1936. It now houses a museum with many valuable photographs and articles.

Geography

Location

Gidda Pahar is located at . Giddapahar is 4 km from Kurseong. Other tea gardens in the area are: Castleton Tea Estate, Sivitar Tea Estate and Jogmaya Tea Estate. Giddapahar Tea Garden has a cultivated area of out of the total area of at an altitude ranging from above mean sea level.

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 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 i ...

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. There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting

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

. 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, Gidda Pahar had a total population of 2,768 of which 1,385 (50%) were males and 1,383 (50%) were females. There were 221 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Gidda Pahar was 2,307 (83.35% of the population over 6 years).

Economy

Giddapahar Tea Garden produces 30,000 kg of exquisite

from century old China bushes. The first flush tea produced here is famous. It also produces hand rolled

white tea White tea may refer to one of several styles of tea which generally feature young or minimally processed leaves of the ''Camellia sinensis'' plant. Currently there is no generally accepted definition of white tea and very little international ...

. Giddapahar Tea Garden is certified as an ISO:9001 and ISO:21000 company. Giddapahar Tea Garden sells tea through tea merchants. The two brothers Sudhansu and Himangsu presently own and run the tea garden.

Education

St. Anthony's School at Giddapahar is an coeducational institution following the ICSE and ISC syllabus.

References

External links

* {{Darjeeling District Villages in Darjeeling district