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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.04262|N|88.29951|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 6236
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| website = {{URL|darjeeling.gov.in/}}
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'''Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden''' is a village in the [[Darjeeling Pulbazar (community development block)|Darjeeling Pulbazar]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Darjeeling district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
| width=420| height=450| zoom=13
| coord={{coord|27|2|0|N|88|16|3|E}}| float=left|caption='''Darjeeling'''<br/> TE: tea estate, F: facility, T: religious place, I: institute<br/>Abbreviations used in names – TE for Tea Estate<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly<br/>All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map
|mark-coord1={{coord|27|2|45|N|88|15|31|E}} | label-pos1=left|label1= Happy Valley TE| numbered1=TE| mark-title1= [[Happy Valley Tea Estate]] (TE)|label-color1= #800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle| shape-color1=#87A96B |shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|27|2|20|N|88|14|58|E}} | label-pos2=left|label2=Arya TE| numbered2=TE| mark-title2= [[Arya Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color2=#87A96B
|mark-coord3={{coord|27|2|33|N|88|17|58|E}} | label-pos3=left|label3=Lebong & Mineral Spring TE| numbered3=R| mark-title3= Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden (TE)| shape-color3=black| label-size3=13|label-color3=black 
|mark-coord4={{coord|27|2|10|N|88|15|46|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Darjeeling railway station| numbered4=F| mark-title4= [[Darjeeling railway station]] (F)| shape-color4= #A40000
|mark-coord5={{coord|27|2|42|N|88|16|3|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Chowrasta | numbered5=F| mark-title5= [[Chowrasta (Darjeeling)]] (F)| shape-color5= #A40000
|mark-coord6={{coord|27|2|52|N|88|16|4|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Mahakal Temple| numbered6=T| mark-title6= [[Mahakal Temple, Darjeeling]] (T)| shape-color6= #C42222
|mark-coord7={{coord|27|3|0|N|88|15|57|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Observatory Hill View Point| numbered7=F| mark-title7= [[Observatory Hill, Darjeeling]] (F)| shape-color7= #A40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|27|3|6|N|88|15|46|E}} | label-pos8=left|label8=Raj Bhavan| numbered8=F| mark-title8= [[Raj Bhavan, Darjeeling]] (F)| shape-color8= #A40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|27|3|15|N|88|15|15|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park| numbered9=F| mark-title9= [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]] (F)| shape-color9= #A40000
|mark-coord10={{coord|27|3|10|N|88|14|55|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10=Himalayan |labela10=Mountaineering|labelb10=Institute |numbered10=I| mark-title10= [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]] (i)| shape-color10= #87410E
|mark-coord11={{coord|27|3|40|N|88|15|13|E}} | label-pos11=left|label11=Darjeeling Ropeway | numbered11=F| mark-title11= [[Darjeeling Ropeway]] (F)| shape-color11= #A40000
|mark-coord12={{coord|27|2|40|N|88|15|46|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12= Lloyd’s Botanical Garden| numbered12= F| mark-title12= [[Lloyd's Botanical Garden]] (F)| shape-color12= #A40000
|mark-coord13={{coord|27|1|39|N|88|15|32|E}} | label-pos13=left|label13= Peace Pagoda| numbered13= T| mark-title13= [[Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling]] (F)| shape-color13= #C42222
|mark-coord14={{coord|27|1|0|N|88|14|48|E}} | label-pos14=left|label14= Batasia Loop| numbered14= F| mark-title14= [[Batasia Loop]] (F)| shape-color14= #A40000
|mark-coord15={{coord|27|0|42|N|88|15|1|E}} | label-pos15=left|label15= Ghum Monastery| numbered15= T| mark-title15= [[Ghum Monastery]] (T)| shape-color15= #C42222}}

===Location===
Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden is located at {{coord|27.04262|N|88.29951|E|display=inline}}.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden had a total population of 6,236 of which 3.184 (51%) were males and 3,052 (49%) were females. There were 551 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Lebong & Mineral Springs Tea Garden was 4,856 (76.76% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 10 March 2020 }}</ref>

==The closed tea garden==

Established in 1842, by Harrisons Tea Company, the tea garden was large by Darjeeling standards. It had 1,200 workers. In its last registration as Lebong and Mineral Springs Co. Ltd., it had a total area of {{convert|575|acres}}. During [[World War II]] and the early years of independence Darjeeling tea gardens faced numerous difficulties. At the same time, the workers continued to be exploited and neglected. They had no say in affairs of the company and many of the workers even did not understand what was happening. When tea gardens were sold, they went along with it, to the new owners. The trade unions appeared on the Darjeeling scenario: The [[Communist Party of India]], under the leadership of [[Ratanlal Brahmin]] and Bhadra Bahadur Hamal made their presence felt at Lebong and Mineral Springs in 1942. The issue they raised was for a daily wage of 8 annas (or half a rupee). The Gorkha League and the Congress joined in 1948 and 1949 respectively. Lebong and Mineral Springs faced three closures: 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–60. Thereafter, there have been clashes, land grabbing, sale of tea leaves to other gardens, alternative forms of agriculture and many other experimentation, but Lebong and Mineral Springs has never again functioned properly. The effort has been to organise other means of livelihood for the workers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.darjeelingprerna.org/reflections%20thoughts%20in%20words/Alt_2_Closed_n_Abandoned_TE.pdf | title = Mineral Spring, Darjeeling, India, an alternative to closed and abandoned tea gardens – a case study| first= Roshan|last= Rai| publisher = Regional Workshop on “Exploring Alternatives in Closed and Abandoned Tea Gardens in India, Siliguri, 7 April 2007|accessdate = 10 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Darjeeling District}}

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[[Category:Villages in Darjeeling district]]

{{Darjeeling-geo-stub}}

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