Kurseong is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[6] Gram panchayats in Kurseong CD block are: Chimney-Deorali, Gayabari I, Gayabari II, Gayabari III, Mahanadi, Pandu, Seetong I, Seetong II, Seetong III, Shivakhola, St. Marry’s I, St. Marry’s II, St. Marry’s III and Sukna.

[7] According to the 2011 Census of India, the Kurseong CD block had a total population of 94,347, of which 79,903 were rural and 14,444 were urban.

[8] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 62,111 and formed 65.83% of the population in the Kurseong CD block.

[10] The West Bengal Official Language Act 1961 declared that Bengali and Nepali were to be used for official purposes in the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in Darjeeling district.

[12] According to a World Bank report, as of 2012, 4-9% of the population in Darjeeling, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts were below poverty level, the lowest among the districts of West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[16] There are 65 inhabited villages in the Kurseong CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, Darjiling, 2011.

59 villages (90.77%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

The average annual production including those from the plain areas, exceeds 10 million kg.

[18] National Highway 110 /Hill Cart Road passes through Kurseong CD block.

[23] In 2013, Kurseong CD block had 1 rural hospital and 3 primary health centres with total 68 beds and 4 doctors (excluding private bodies).