AREA OF MINISTRY

1.         Our area of ministry are Darjeeling (with the population of more than 2,000,000 people), Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur including neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Nepal.

2.         Darjeeling is the District Headquarter which is consisted of 4 (Four) Sub-Divisions and Darjeeling itself is one of the Sub-Divisions. Darjeeling presently falls under the jurisdiction of West Bengal state.

3.         There are about 120 Churches under North Eastern Himalayan Christian Mission and each Church consists of about 50 to 150 baptized members.

ABOUT DARJEEING

1.  AREA                                 :           4.4 SQ. MILES

2.  ALTITUDE                        :           2134 METRES

3.  POPULATION                  :           2,000,000 (APPROX)

4.  RELIGIOUS SECTS        :           HINDUS, BUDDHISTS, MUSLIMS, CHINSTIANS AND

MANY  OTHER SMALL SECTS.

5.  CLIMATE                         :           (1) SUMMER           

                                                                        MAXIMUM 30* C

                                                                        MINIMUM 10* C

                                                             (2) WINTER 

                                                                        MAXIMUM 8.5* C

                                                                        MINIMUM 1* C

6.  RAINFALL                       :           320 CMS (ANNUALLY)

7.  LANGUAGE SPOKEN  : NEPALI, ENGLISH, BENGALI AND HINDI