Puttabong (Tukvar) Tea Estate falls under the District of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Puttabong (Tukvar) is a tea estate within the urban agglomeration of Darjeeling. The area under tea plantation is 4.37 km2 (2 sq mi) while the gross area is 8.92 km2 (3 sq mi). Planted in 1852 this is the first tea estate in the history of Darjeeling Tea Plantation. The tea estate stretches from an altitude of 1500 ft to 6500 ft above MSL. This garden is planted with Darjeeling Clonal, Chinary bushes and Clonal tea stock especially developed to meet the agro climatic conditions of the area. In order to have a long term sustainable cultivation practices with a objective of producing healthy and safe tea, the garden is practicing IPM for long time. This garden is one of the biggest tea estate in Darjeeling. Tea area comprising of 5 divisions located at a stretch of approximately 20 Km from Darjeeling city to Sikkim State border. The garden produces Orthodox black, green and specially Darjeeling Tea. The garden has been very particular in ecological up gradation and maintaining bio diversity since many years. Different types of annual grasses, Leguminous Crop, short height shrubs and tall trees are planted in fallow land, boundaries of the section and vacant patches. Besides this, for sustainable production the garden has huge plant of Vermicompost, Cattle farming and making of liquid fertilizers with local herbs. The mountain breeze kissed by the great Kanchanjunga makes the teas produced by this garden UNIQUE.It is a low Altitude garden ranging from 1500 ft.to 2800 ft MSL facing North. Tukvar Tea Garden has three division:- 1) Tukvar 1st Division 2) Tukvar 2nd Division 3) Tukvar 3rd
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