Tukvar Tea Garden
Tukvar Valley | |
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Valley | |
| Tukvar Valley | |
| Nickname: The Valley of Flowers and Fruits | |
Tukvar Valley Location in West Bengal, India Tukvar Valley Tukvar Valley (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°05′46″N 88°15′27″E / 27.0962°N 88.2575°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling |
| Founded by | Britishers |
| Sabhasad | Lalkothi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Body | Gorkhaland Territorial Administration |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,982 |
| Demonym | Tukvarey |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 734 104 |
| Vehicle registration | WB76 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Darjeeling |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Darjeeling |
| Website | darjeeling |
Tukvar Valley is a valley in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Tukvar Tea Garden in Tukvar Valley is composed mainly of many divisions, 1st Division, 2nd Division (Limbu Busty), 3rd Division-Lepcha Busty, 4th Division and Puttabong. The valley as a whole comprises Singamari, Puttabong, Soom T.E, Tukvar Tea Estate, Singla Tea Estate.
The Darjeeling-Jorethang road is the prime route of this valley, which connects Darjeeling with Sikkim. In early days it was used by the traders from Sikkim to reach Darjeeling's Gundri Bazar.
The very famous Conveyor ropeway is also lies in this place, which once were called the Asia's longest ropeway.