 The map alongside shows the southern 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.