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Rimbick | |
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Village | |
  Rimbick Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Rimbick Rimbick (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:27°07′20″N88°06′26″E / 27.1221°N 88.1071°E /27.1221; 88.1071 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling |
| Elevation | 2,286 m (7,500 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,752 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 734201 |
| Telephone/STD code | 0353 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Darjeeling |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Darjeeling |
| Website | darjeeling |
Rimbick is a village in theDarjeeling PulbazarCD block in theDarjeeling Sadar subdivision of theDarjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
Rimbick is located at27°07′20″N88°06′26″E / 27.1221°N 88.1071°E /27.1221; 88.1071.
Rimbick is a village near theIndia-Nepal border. It is 56 km away fromDarjeeling town. It is known for its scenery. Many trekkers take the jeep to Darjeeling town from here as its readily available.[citation needed]
There are places like Guffa, Jarayo Pokhari, Namla falls and Hospital Dara View Point for tourist to visit. The Tuesday bazaar is an attraction there.[citation needed]
The map alongside shows the northern portion of theDarjeeling Himalayan hill region.Kangchenjunga, which rises with an elevation of 8,586 metres (28,169 ft) is located further north of the area shown.[1]Sandakphu, rising to a height of 3,665 metres (12,024 ft), on theSingalila Ridge, is the highest point in West Bengal.[2] InDarjeeling Sadar subdivision 61% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39% of the population lives in the urban areas.[3][4] There are 78 tea gardens or estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), producing and largely exportingDarjeeling tea in the district. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.[5] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census ascensus towns or villages.[6] 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.
According to the2011 Census of India, Rimbick had a total population of 6,980 of which 3,544 (51%) were males and 3,436 (49%) were females. There were 659 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Rimbick was 5,137 (75.60% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Rimbik Higher Secondary School is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has 5 computers and a playground.[8]
