"The construction work including rail track of Darjeeling Himalayan Railways started in May 1879 and completed from Siliguri to Tindharia in 1880.

The Governor General of India, Mr. Lord Litton inaugurated the train running in March 1880".

It was built temporarily during the last part of the 19th century for the maintenance of locomotives and carriages and wagons of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

[2] The Shanta Bhawan Christian mission, located between Tindharia and Smriti Van and established in 1957, is an institution where children from poor families and without parents are looked after.

It falls under the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India lying between Siliguri and Kurseong on the Hill Cart Road (National Highway 55).

[6] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre).

[8] Tindharia Higher Secondary School is an English-medium boys only institution established in 1947.