Badamtam Tea Estate

Tea garden in West Bengal, India

27°05′40″N 88°17′59″E / 27.0944°N 88.2997°E / 27.0944; 88.2997Elevation305 to 1,830 metres (1,001 to 6,004 ft)Owned byGoodricke Group LimitedOpen1858 (1858)

Badamtam Tea Estate is a tea garden in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.

History

Badamtam Tea Estate was planted by Christine Barnes in the year 1858 before commercialization by the Lebong Company. The name of the estate could have been derived from a Lepcha word, which means bamboo water carrier.^[1]

Geography

8km
5miles

Rammam
River

River

Rangeet

Singalila Ridge

Senchal
Wildlife Sanctuary

Rock Garden

Tiger Hill

Phoobsering TE

TEV

North Tukvar TE

Singalila
National
Park

Phalut

Sandakphu

Ghum

Tonglu

Manebhanjyang

Orange Valley TG

Rishihat TG

Soom TG

Singla TG

Tukvar TG

Rimbick

Puttabong TE

Lodhoma

Bijanbari

Darjeeling

Badamtam TE

Singtam TG

Ging TG

Chongtong TG

Places and tea estates in the north-western portion of Darjeeling Sadar subdivision (including Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block) in Darjeeling district
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

Location

Badamtam Tea Estate is located in the Lebong Valley about 17 kilometers west of the Darjeeling town. After the end of the two estates viz., Bada Ging Tea Estate and Chhota Ging Tea Estate, starts the area of Badamtam tea estate and goes till the Majhi Tar basin in Sikkim.

The estate is situated at an altitude ranging between 305 metres to 1830 metres above sea level.

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.

Tea

Badamtam Tea Estate is famed for its Darjeeling First Flush Teas and other flushes.

Ownership

The estate is now owned by Goodricke Group Limited.

The Goodricke Group

The Goodricke Group owns five tea estates in Darjeeling: Thurbo, Badamtam, Barnesbeg, Castleton and Margaret's Hope.^[2]

References

^ "History of Badamtam Tea Estate". Darjeeling Tea Boutique.
^ "Our gardens". Goodricke. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

Cities, towns and locations in Darjeeling District

Cities, municipal
and census towns

Darjeeling Sadar subdivision	Badamtam Tea Garden Chongtong Tea Garden Darjeeling Ging Tea Garden Mangarjung Tea Garden (Nagri) Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden Singtam Tea Garden Sonada Sukhiapokhri
Kurseong subdivision	Cart Road Kurseong
Mirik subdivision	Mirik
Siliguri subdivision	Bara Mohansingh Bairatisal Bhimram Dakshin Bagdogra Dumriguri Geni Jitu Kalkut Kharibari Lalman Mathapari Shyamdhan Siliguri Tari Uttar Bagdogra

Locations
other than cities and towns

Darjeeling Sadar subdivision	Bijanbari Chamong Tea Garden Dhajea Tea Garden Ghum Jorebungalow Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden Lodhoma Manebhanjyang Mariabong Tea Garden Nagri Farm Tea Garden Orange Valley Tea Garden Peshok Tea Garden Pokhriabong Poobong Tea Garden Pattabong Tea Garden Rangli Rangliot Rimbick Rishihat Tea Garden Sandakphu Singla Tea Garden Soom Tea Garden Sungma Tea Garden Takdah Teesta Valley Tea Garden Tonglu Tumsong Tea Garden Tukvar Tea Garden
Kurseong subdivision	Ambootia Giddapahar Gayabari Longview Tea Garden Mangpu Monteviot Tea Garden Rohini Tea Garden Simulbari Tea Garden Sittong Sukna Tindharia
Mirik subdivision	Panighatta Singbulli Tea Garden Soureni
Siliguri subdivision	Bagdogra Batasi Bengdubi Matigarahat Mohorgon Tea Garden Naxalbari Panitanki Phansidewa