Kurseong
Kurseong is a town in Darjeeling district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Darjeeling district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Kurseong is 46.5 thousands out of which 23.5 thousands are males and rest 23 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 981 females per 1000 males. There are around 3.6 thousands teenagers in Kurseong. It has literacy rate of 86% which means around 39.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 8.9 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 7.2 thousands households in Kurseong, which means every family has 6 members on average. The town has working population of 10.8 thousands.
Schools
Kurseong has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- St Anthonys School
- Pankhabari Higher Secondary School
- Netaji High School
- Sukna Higher Secondary School
- St Augustine's School
Kurseong Panchayat Samiti
Kurseong Panchayat Samiti consists of total 14 Gram Panchayat.