Giddapahar

Literally, it means "Eagle’s hill" but is often thought of as "Eagle’s Cliff".{{cite web | url = https://www.darjeelingteaboutique.com/giddapahar-tea-estate/ | title= Giddapahar Tea Estate | publisher= Darjeeling Tea Bouquet |access-date = 20 March 2020}}

Established in 1881, it has been with the Shaw family all through. Presently, a fourth generation owns and manages Giddapahar Tea Garden.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Museum at Giddapahar is associated with the sacred memories of two great patriots – Sarat Chandra Bose and Subhas Chandra Bose. Sarat Bose purchased the house in 1922. Sarat Bose himself was interned in this house for two years in 1933–35. Subas Bose was placed under house arrest in this house for 7 months in 1936. It now houses a museum with many valuable photographs and articles.{{cite web | url = https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g1207709-d4138711-Reviews-Netaji_Subhash_Chandra_Bose_Museum-Kurseong_Darjeeling_District_West_Bengal.html| title = Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Museum| publisher = Trip Adviser |access-date = 20 March 2020}}{{cite web | url = http://darjeeling.gov.in/netaji-museum.html | title = Netaji Museum | publisher = Darjeeling district aythorities |access-date = 20 March 2020}}

{{OSM Location map

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CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, H: hill centre, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate, TA: tourist attraction
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

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|mark-coord5={{coord|26|48|35|N|88|15|38|E}}| label-pos5=right|label5=Longview TG| numbered5=R| mark-title5= Longview Tea Garden (R)

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|mark-coord7={{coord|26|54|20|N|88|16|40|E}}| label-pos7=left|label7=Monteviot TG| numbered7=R| mark-title7= Monteviot Tea Garden (R)

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|mark-coord22={{coord|26|53|35|N|88|20|0|E}}| label-pos22=right|label22=Goomtee TE| numbered22=TE| mark-title22= Goomtee Tea Estate (TE)| shape-color22=#87A96B

|mark-coord23={{coord|26|54|35|N|88|20|20|E}}| label-pos23=right|label23=Jungpana TE| numbered23=TE| mark-title23= Jungpana Tea Estate (TE)| shape-color23=#87A96B

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===Location===

Gidda Pahar is located at {{coord|26.873478|N|88.292652|E||display=inline}}.

Giddapahar is 4 km from Kurseong. Other tea gardens in the area are: Castleton Tea Estate, Sivitar Tea Estate and Jogmaya Tea Estate.

Giddapahar Tea Garden has a cultivated area of {{convert|94|ha}} out of the total area of {{convert|115|ha}} at an altitude ranging from {{convert|4500 to 5200|m}} above mean sea level.{{cite web | url = https://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_0000c4.htm| title= Darjeeling Tea Estates: D – J |work= Giddapahar Tea Estate| publisher= Darjeeling Tourism |access-date = 20 March 2020}}

The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the Kurseong subdivision 58.41% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 41.59% lives in the urban areas.{{cite web | url = http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html | title = Darjeeling | work =District Profile - General Information | publisher = District administration |access-date = 21 March 2020 }}{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 21 March 2020}} There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.{{cite web | url = http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/darj-tea.html | title = Darjeeling Tea | publisher = District administration | access-date = 21 March 2020 | archive-date = 11 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190911133459/http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/darj-tea.html | url-status = dead }} Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.{{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 | access-date = 21 March 2020 }} Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Gidda Pahar had a total population of 2,768 of which 1,385 (50%) were males and 1,383 (50%) were females. There were 221 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Gidda Pahar was 2,307 (83.35% of the population over 6 years).{{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 | access-date = 20 March 2020 }}

Giddapahar Tea Garden produces 30,000 kg of exquisite Darjeeling tea from century old China bushes. The first flush tea produced here is famous. It also produces hand rolled white tea.

Giddapahar Tea Garden is certified as an ISO:9001 and ISO:21000 company.

Giddapahar Tea Garden sells tea through tea merchants. The two brothers Sudhansu and Himangsu presently own and run the tea garden.{{cite web | url = https://www.teasource.com/blogs/beyond-the-leaf/94150083-giddapahar-tea-estate-photo-tour | title = Giddapahar Tea Estate Photo-tour| publisher = Tea Source|access-date = 10 March 2020}}

St. Anthony's School at Giddapahar is an coeducational institution following the ICSE and ISC syllabus.{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/st-anthony-s-school-r6kwey | title = St. Anthony’s School | publisher = ICBSE |access-date = 10 March 2020}}

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