Appendix I Tea Estates, Name of the Company and Year of Establishment.

Name of the Propritors, agents Year of Tea Garden or managing agent Establishment (P.S. ) Before 1954 After 1994 S.No. 1. Ambari Messers Davenport & Co. Ltd. Ambari Tea Co 1908 2. Banarhat Messers Andrew Yule & Co Ltd . Same 1875 3. Binnaguri Messers Macneill & Barry Ltd . Same 1898 4. Chamurchi The Chamurchi Tea Co. Ltd , Chamurchi Tea & 1892 Textile Institute 5. Chunabhatti Messers Andrew Yule & Co Ltd Same 1894 6. Debpara The Debpara Tea Co. Ltd ., Same 1898 Jalpaiguri 7. Diana The Diana Tea Co Ltd. Jalpaigu ri Same 1911 8. MessersGillanders Arbuthnot Same 1890 & Co Ltd. 9. Gandrepara Messers Duncan Brothers & Co Ltd . Goodricke Group 1894 10. Haldibari Messers Davenport & Co. Ltd . Same 1888 11 . Kalabari The Eastern Tea Co Ltd . Same 1878 12. Karbala Messers Andrew Yule & Co Ltd Same 1895 13. Kathalguri The Kathalguri Tea Co. Ltd , Same 1895 Jalpaiguri 14. LakshiKanta The Lakshikanta Tea Co. Ltd . Rangamatee Tea Co. 1929

15. Lakshi para Messers Duncan Brothers & Co Ltd . Goodricke Group. 1897 16. Magulkata Messers Shaw Wallace & Co ltd. Bijay Nagar Tea Co. 1881 17. Maraghat Messers Macneill & Barry ltd. Maraghat Tea Co 1919 18. New Messers Andrew Yule & Co ltd. Same 1894 19. Pa lasbari The Palasbari tea Co. Ltd . Same 1896 20. Redbank The New Redbank Tea Co. ltd./ Same 1922 The Planters Ltd. 21 . Rheabari Mesers Fazlur Rahaman & Others Kothari Plantation 1913 Industries 22 .Surendranagar The New Redbank Tea Co. ltd Surendranagar Tea Co 1939-62 23. Te lepara MessersGilla nders Arbuthnot Same 1890 & Co Ltd . 24 . Totopara Messers Da venport & Co. ltd. Nuddea Tea Co. 1892 Appendix 2 Tea Estates, Name of the Company and Year of Establishment.

Name of the Propritors, agents Year of Tea Garden or managing agent Establishment (P.S. ) Before 1954 After 1994 S.No.

1. Barmandanga Messers Gillanders Gopalpur Tea Co . 1877 Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . 2. Bhogatpur Messers Gillanders Bhagatpur Tea Co. 1886 Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . 3 Carron Messers Duncan Teesta Valey Co. Ltd. 1882 Brothers & Co Ltd. 4. Chengmari Messers Octavius Same 1885 Steel & Co. Ltd. 5. Dharanipur The New Redbank Tea Co Same 1934

6. Gathia Messers Gillanders & Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . Rangamatee Tea Co 1886

7. Grassmore Messers Gillanders & Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . Bhogatpur Tea Co 1889 8. Hilla Messers Gillanders Hilla Tea Co 1891 & Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . (Govt. of W.B .) 9. Hope Messers Duncan Goodricke Group 1886 Brothers & Co Ltd . 1O .Jaldhaka Altadanga The Joint Propriters Same 1877 Sadhan Bose & Habibur Rahman 11 . Jiti Messers Duncan Goodricke Group 1886 Brothers & Co Ltd. 12 . Kurti Messers Gillanders Same 188 5 & Arbuthnot & Co Ltd .

13. Looksan Messers Octavious Tea Trading Corporation 1886 Steel & Co. of (Govt. of India) 14 . Nagrakata Messers Gillanders Quality Tea Producing 1879 & Arbuthnot & Co Ltd . Co. Pvt. Ltd . 15. Nayasylee Messers Octavious Same 1899 Steel &Co. Appendix- 3

Questionnaire for the collection of data (Individual respondents)

1. Name of the estate : 2. Name of respondent : 3. Religion : 4. Particulars of house hold members : 5. Particulars of house members : Names of the house hold Relationship Sex Age Marital Le:vel of Occupation list, all the persons staying to the heal status Education in the home of the family

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6. Place of birth: Tea EstateNillage, Block, District. State. 7. Occupational status of your parents: Working/ Non-working Retired Age Living or Not I. Father: II. Mother: 8. Until what age do you expect to work? 9. How many times have you changed your place of residence since you began working? 10. Time span of working years: 11 . Have you any agricultural Land? If Yes How much? 12. If you are a worker: Types of work Types of payment Rate of pay Permanent/Casual Daily Amt.l Monthly Amt. Daily/Monthly. of rate.

13. What percent of household earning is contributed of each member.

Self- Daughters -­ Spouse-- Parents­ Sons-- Others (Specify)-- Total- 14.What percent of your own earnings do you retain for your own personal purchases? 15.Are you a member of a labour union? 16. Do you have own home? Yes/No. I. Provided by estate V. Light- or no. VI . Types of house (a) Pucca/Kutcha II. No.of rooms­ VII. Types of roofs. Ill. Floor space IV. Bath-rooms- 17.Transport facilities- 18. Market or hat, where? I. In the estate/Out of the estate II. Subsidized ration: Amount Workers/Dependents Adequate for supply the family/ others 19. Cultivation Crops: 20 . What amounts of household income came form each of the following sources during the last year? a. Labour earnings of Tea Estate b. Other agricultural labour income- c. Agriculture and livestock production. d. Other sources of income-

21 . Water available or not: 1. Drinking water from: Wells/Hand pumps/Deep tubewells 2. Bathing paltforms/ How many households. 3. Latrin type: Individual/ Community- 22 . Has any one in your estate talked to you about the benefits of family planning 23 . Does the garden provided family welfare I family planning service? If so give details a. Immunisation- b. Medical facilities i. Outdoor/! ndoor ii. Antinatal care/ iii. Delivery sources Post natal care. residence/Hospital Appendix 4 Questionnaire for Data Collection (Individual Tea garden) 1. Name of the Estate: 2. Address of Estate: 3. Name of Company/Firm/ Proprietor/ Owner 4. Address of Head Office: 5. How many times the ownership of the garden had been changed? 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. If so what are the previous owner 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. Elevation of Estate (Range) meters to meters B. Name of the Bank or Office Hypothecated to last 5 years

9.Garden area Availability Utilisation (Hacters) i.Area under mature tea (5yrs above) ii.Mature young tea (below 5yrs) iii. Fallow areas (Uprooted areas awaiting replanting) iv. Nurseries and vegetative propagation: v. Seed reserve: vi. Nucleus clonal plots: vii . Total Tea area: viii. Total ancillary areas: ix. Total area of Grant: 10. Land use other than tea i. Area immediately available for extension planting. ii. Area which could be made available for extension planting after reclamation and development. (Area under thatch/grazing if plantable to be included here.) iii. Area under Fuel/energy plantation: iv. Area under factories, Bungalows and lines: v. Area under Roads etc. vi. Other areas (including bamboo, grazing etc): 11 . Details of Area suitable for tea cultivation. i. Vested non-forest land previously with estate. ii. Government non-forest land. iii. Degraded Government forest land . iv. Other plantable areas with in Estate grant but failing under purview of conservation of Forest/Local restriction. v. Tea bush Hectar Below 5 yrs. Between 5- 10, 11-20 , 21 - 30, 31- 40, 41 - 50 12. Area presently under irrigation (sectors areas). 13. Dominant cropping pattern other than tea on the Estate a. Summer Hacters b. Monsoon c. Winter d. Spring

14. Production statistics (last 5 yrs) in tons. Own crop 1990 1991 1992 . 1993 1994 I. C.T.C II. Orthodox Ill. Green Tea 15. In case estate does not have a factory then total green leaf plucked in Tones. 1990 1991 1992. 1993 1994 16. Climatic data I. Rainfall statistics. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 II. Temperature Ill. Any other natural calamity (flood etc) 17. a. Supply of power installed capacity of own generators in KW b. Connected form grid in K.V.A. 18. Main cropping season (number of month) a. b. c. 19. Workers participation on the tea garden 1. Number of Total worker engage in Tea garden 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 2. No. of Labour I. permanent Casual Temporary

3. No. of labours : Male Female I. S.C. II . S.T. Ill. others. 20. a. Number on rolls: i. Adult male ii. Adult Female iii. Child b. Daily rated: i. Field ii. Factory iii. Total c. Monthly rated 21 .Average employment during Yr. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 22. Estimated total mandays used Hects. 23. What did labour do on the off seasons? 24. Name of the place where it sold its tea: 25. Yearly earning (sale)last 5 yrs. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Inputs use price of the crop. 26. Fertiliser uses (average last 5 years) a.Nitrogen c. Potash b. Phosphate d. Others

27 . Plant protection measure usage in ...... Kg. Liters or last 5 years Acaricide b. Insecticides c. Fungicides 28 .Manufacturing inputs profile ...... 29 . Power and fuel : 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 a. Coal Mt. b. Firewood c. Furnace Oil a. LDO b. H.S.D. c. Petrol d. Electricity e. Natural gas f. L.P.G. 30.Packing Materials : a. Tea Chests b. Polylined jute bag c. Multi walled paper sacks d. Tea bags (polythene) e. Who is the supplier 31. Numbers of house hold in the garden 32 . Number of workers staying in the garden village. 33 . Number of workers from outside of the garden village 34 . Average %literacy in garden/ village population 35. Highest level of education offered in the garden a. Primary - b. Secondary- c. Higher secondary- g. College or other - 36 . Percentage of house holds with Electricity of estate. 37 .Periods of peak employment of estate. 38. Rank, religion on estate by numerical incidence among house hold . Hindu - Christian - Others- Muslim- Buddhist 39 . Distance in Km to the nearest Daily market/ Weekly/ Hospital or post Office/ Bank!Town /Market /Clinic. 40 .Pay day and type of marketing facilities 41 . Whether its on metal road or unmetalled road 42 . Length of the road inside the garden. 43. Type of draining system. 44. Type of shading trees (Rain forest or Desiduas) 45. Major problem in the Crop management in Processing of tea 46. Off time work by the workers 47. Whether the garden has its own transport facilities or not, if so for what purpose? I. Worker ii. Crop For other purpose 48 Estimated capital investment for production 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 49. Estimated capital for employees 50. Average working days lost due to lock-out or other reasons 51 . Starting Company (with office at U.K) 52 . Start of Trade Union Movement on the garden 53 . How many Union party are there? 54 . General crimes and social disorderes (types) a. b. c. ]Appendix 5(Population) - - Banarhat Police Station l ---- Name of the Tea Garden 1961 1971 1981 , 1991 \ 1994 Ambari 2856 ! 2860 3193 3898 . ___496~ Banarhat 5868 8171 ' 8403 5063 6003 1 1 Bjn_naguri 3483 4136 !! 5184 ; 5309 _ 5491 Chammurchi 4545 3980 , 6708 : 6007 6092 Chunnabhati 2806 2982 : 3916 1 4750 4751 ------·- ~ Debpara 2504 3235 · 3314 ---- -4403 ! 4403 f----- '------. ------I - - ., _ _ t------~ ~~i:ata ______------j~~~ ~- ;;~~ ~ -~~~~ ~--- -~~~~ ~;~: Gendrapara ______461 ~ j _ - ~~!39u'-- _ 62-35 _ _5942 - 6651 Haldibari ______5o63jl__ 563~ ___ 6436 7660 8098 Kalabari 1895~ 2053 2624 3156 3201 Karbala ------· ----4 123t--- -- 4602 1 -----5347 , 6502 6980 1 ~athalgu~L_ ___ ·_~------~~{ ~ 3-i~ IT -- --41i9 --~046 j_ _~_- _?667 5980 LakshlJ?~r9 . -~_o_ 14 3061 44_8_2J. 4~3~ L - 5700 Lakshikanta 765 682 14791 8891 911 Magulkata- I 2491 23691 3172 1 4176 -- 4588 _ 2872 3190 3607 1 397?_ _ 4793 ~ar_§lg~at _ 1 N~w~oo~!s ______}9_16 3954 ~29? 6197 667 4 1 ~:':~=~:ri ------· -- ~ -~~-~ ~~~j j ~~i~ r- --- ~~~~ ~~~ r------+------~------+---~ Riabari 2202 2152 3258 3397 3832 Surendranagar 0 0 0 733 921 T elepara 3656 4196 6428 4860 6287 1-- -'------1 !~!~:~~-~------_- _____ -_-_- 2-~ ~6 2Q17 t -~ _3570 J _ - 269~ ~ -~~ ______~a_g_r~kata_ _Pol~~tation __ ----t------1 1961 1971 1981 1991 1994 ------!-----+------+-- ---+----1 _Bamandannga 2475 __ _ 3489 3554 5005 6032 Bhagatpur 5577 5540 7867 7120 7439 Carron 1547 1488 2435 2514 2920 ------1-----~ Chengmari ' 7258 7812 9943 8693 9352 ----=------. ------1---- -l Dh_§l~a_nipur _ _ _ _ 0 0 __ 6_~~ _ _ _1~~7 1493 Gathia 2689 2801 3943 4817 4906 Grassmore ---- 2971 +------3312 ---- 3793 _4_4_8_,1 1---5-0-04-l ------+-- ---l Hilla 1924 2041 2025 2644 2761 ------tt.Qee ______256_§ _ _ ~!03_ ___ 3695 _ __3 _5_6_7+--_ 3_7_19-l Jaldhaka 1112 1016 1873 2074 2120 Jili 2836 3149 , 3738 4727 5059 ------•. ------l - ·------Kurti 2504 ! 2550 ; 2932 3394 __5 _1~9 Looksan 3617 3892 5281 6077 i 3571 1 Nagrakata 2731 2772 3886 46~8 ~ 4884 Nayasai lee _ ! 3195 , 3228 I 4422 3934 -- - -40- 28

XI 1 :Appendix 6 (Population) . I Banarhat Police Station T-ea Gardens lMale · Female S.C. General 'ST. I Ambari 2819 i 2146 1281 619 3065 Banarhat 2998 3005 i 1325 1630 3048 Binnaguri 2788 2703 , 1130 362 3999

Chammurchi 1 3031 3061 . 980 1102 4010 Chu~_o_§lphati _I __ 2~ .1~ ______? ?3~ I 720 1Q1_ _ . 3930 Debpara 2285 j 2118 ' 530 311 , 3562 Diana ______2Q_~_Q ______J _~~~ l 360 . ? C.~ . _ 29~9 Gairkata 3191 3397 1 772 946 4870 . ------~--- Ga~drC3para 3347 3304 830 901 4920 1 Haldjba rj_ _ ~?__6_? __ _~836 1536; 853 ___ ~ ZQ9

Kalabari 1703 1498 292 I 119 2790 1------· - I ------Karbala 3619 3361 980 ~ 1688 4312 ------·· - , __ - -- 1------I ------fSal~C!~g~ri 3090 2890 732 : 1128 4120 LakshiKanta 25 1 -186 1-- --?on" 1 1-Lakshipara-- -- 7oo I __?Cia . --43o__o _ Magul_kata 536 : 8?7 L 3225 Maraghat 725 ! 348 ! -"372o Newdooars 3711 2963 763 11 94 4517 ------Palashbari 1807 1804 972 514 2125 ------·------Redbank 1391 1505 780 503 1 1613 ------Rheabari ------201·-- - -0 - 1822------832 t1 --60 ·--2940- Surendranagar 511 410 27 I 197 697 f------·--- 1 - -- TelepaE._a ______31 ?Z_ _ _ 31 ! Q_ ~U -l __ ~ 1~~ ~ - ~? 0 Totopara 1389 _ ~ 48~ 397 1 493 + 1988

1 - Nag ra ~ata Police ~ t ation · t l?a_ma~~~r")nga 2184 -- ~848 1284 ' _?_!_4 1 4034 Bhagatpur 4009 3848 2035 1594 4228 Carron 1627 1293 930 1992 898 Chengmari 5197 4155 4334 1784 3234 Dharanipur 816 - 67~ 680 , 423 __ 390 Gathia 2624 2182 1777 428 2701 Grass more 2922 ---20_8_2 20 0 9~ - 194 2801 Hilla 1356 1405 798 , - - - 11~~ ~ i8o Hore 1943 1776 1470 10391 1210 Jaldhaka 1120 1000 890 , 320 ' 910 Jili 2975 2084 24051 653 2001 Kurti 2790 2399 23401 146 2703 I . Looksar 1779 1447 1 804 1320 ~792 1 . I --..,. _r~~E~grak~~a . __ _ 2835 __ .. 2001 I 563 ' 2320 ------· - ?_Q49~ ·· --t------· Nayasailee 2219 18091 1906, 702 1420

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XI II Appendix 8 I i Area and Rainfall I I

1 Banarhat Police Station Tea Gardens Total Area in Hec Area under Tea in Hec. Ramfall Ambari ' 707.37 567 278 Banarhat 796.29 632.39 , 249 Binna_g_~ L __ 724.79 599.191 316 - Chammurchi 872.07 , 61 -2.07-j 362 Chunnabhati 761' I 363 367 Debpara 831 1 535.96 247 Diana 536.73 1 418.87 298 Gairkata 1070.3 660.82 212 - Gandrapara 979.31 782.431 - 270 Haldibari 1130.3 869.09 , 271 'Kalabari 312_5 i 215 539.5 1 - ·- . . Karbala 996.43 738.34 259 ·------~~h~g~ri 777.06 499.29 359- Lakshipa~a 919.55 619.09 259 Lakshikanta 402.99 68.83 268 ------Magulkata 662.86 391 .86 413 ·-- 604.38 _Maragh~ ____ _ ----- Newdooars 962.35 - ,_ -- --- ·------!--- - Palashbari 429.73 ----- ·-- ~~i ~~L- : ~~! Redbank 551 .9 362.39 \ .. 295 Rheabari 515.99 315.44 --302 ~- ~~_ndr_~n~gar _?1 0.6 172.16 305 Telepara 1074.14 554.04 ------!------248--1 Totopara 520.11 348.13 , 262

X IV ~ ------..------·------. Appendix 9 l Area and Rainfall .. - -- • Nagrakata Police Station Tea Gardens Total Area in Hec.I Area under Tea in Hec. ·Rainfall - ---- B~Qlandanga 734.21 387 .36 . 370 996.59 611.44 , 237.5 Bh_~g-~_t!)_Lj~------__ _ ------Carron 581.55 293.6 1 390 Cher:!_g_rl]_a_rl _ . __ 1851 .38 1049.03 ' 394 --- --t -- Dhar~_n_p~r:_ _.. _ __ _ 461 .59 193.63: 360 Gathia ~56.11 1 429.54 322 1 --- Grassmore 766.25 4~4 . 3_) 276 -~-- -· - - - - ··-- - -- Hilla 673 310 , 282 "1 t1ope 678.57 404.8 r 228--.37 Jaldhaka 405 1 127 236.39 - t -·-- Jili 938.? \ 518.33 1 342 Kurti 770.37 ' 313 . 450 ------!--- -- ______Looksar .. -·-·· ·--· r-.... ______------7 4 7. 56------407.49 i 234 Nagrakata 925.87 425.8 ~ 500 ------1----· ·------· - -- Nayasailee 786.12 481 .99 375.23

XV Appendix 10

Departure Time of Buses from Jalpaiguri Netaji Sub hash Chandra Bus Terminus

I . 05.15 AM 2. 05 .30 AM 3. Joygaon 05.45 AM 4. Malbazar 05.45 AM 5. Chamurchi 06.00 AM 6. Alipurduar 06.IO AM 7. Malbazar 06.10 AM 8. Banarhat 06.30 AM 9. Alipurduar 06.40 AM 10 . Coochbehar 06.45 AM 11 . Alipurduar 07.00 AM 12. Mal/ Coochbehar 07.10 AM 13 . Alipurduar 07.25 AM 14. Cooch Behar/Mal : 07.40 AM 15. Banarhat 07.50 AM , I 6. Alipurduar 08.00 AM 17 . Cooch Behar 08.IOAM 18. Mal bazar 08 .15 AM I 9. Alipurduar 08.25 AM 20. Jaygaon 08.35 AM 21 . CoochBehar 08.40 AM 22. Alipurduar/Mal 08.50 AM 23. 09.00 AM 24. Alipurduar 09. I5 AM 25. Malbazar 09.15 AM 26. 09.30 AM 27. Banarhat 09.40 AM 28. Falakata, Meteli 09.45 AM

xvi 29. Birpara 09.50 AM 30. Mal/Birpara 10.00 AM 31. Fala/Alipurduar 10.05 AM 32. Malhazar 10.20 AM 33. Birpara 10.25 AM 34. coochhehar 10.30 AM 35 . Alipurduar 10.35 AM 3 6. Mal hazar 10.40 AM 3 7. Banarhat 10.50 AM 38 . Coochbehar 11.00 AM 39. Alipurduar 11.05 AM 40. Malhazar 11.15 AM 41. Joygaon 11.25 AM 42. Banarhat 11.30 43. Malhazar 11.35 AM 44. Nathua 11.45 AM 45. Coochhehar 11.50 AM 46. Alipurduar 12.05 PM 4 7. Mal hazar 12.10 PM 48. Joygaon 12.30 PM 49. Mal hazar 12.40 PM 50. Birpara 12.45 PM 51. Coochhehar 12.50 PM 52. Banarhat/Mal 1.00 PM 53. Alipurduar 1.10 PM 54. Banarhat/Totopara: 1.20 PM 55 . Coochhehar/Mal 1.30 PM 56. Alipurduar 1.35 PM 57. Mal/Mogolkata 1.45PM 58. Falakata 1.50 PM 59. Joygaon 2.00 PM 60. Coochhehar 2.10 PM 61 . Mal hazar 2.15 PM

XVII 62. Banarhat 2.20 PM 63 . Alipurduar/Chamurchi 2.30 PM 64. Malbazar 2.35 PM 65 . Birpara/Malbazar 2.45PM 66. Cooch Behar 2.50 PM 67. Birpara 2.55 PM 68. Malbazar 3.00PM 69. Alipurduar I Fala Kat-a 3.10PM 70. Cooch Behar 3.20PM 71. Malbazar 3.25PM 72. Kalchini 3.35PM 73. Cooch behar 3.40PM 74. Mal!Birpara 3.45PM 7 5. Mal/Banarhat. 4.00PM 76. Falakata 4.10PM 77. Birpara/Mal 4.2 0PM 78. Banarhat 4.30PM 79. Birpara/Mal 4.45PM 80. 4.50PM 81. Birpara 5.15PM

N.B. Subject to alternation of time as per availability of Buses.

Source : Office of Dooars Bus Stand

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