# Mangalpur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mangalpur

Mangalpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,584 people in 310 households**, the 33rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,584people (2011)
- 310households
- 68.7%literacy
- 674females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mangalpur

Of every 100 households in Mangalpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mangalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**65%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**41%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mangalpur?

■ Mangalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****674**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**965

Working population ****58.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 66.4% for women. 73% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 166 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (13%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 367 (40%) · **■** Marginal 255 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Balurghat

- Hossenpur1,642 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people
- Dhulatair1,596 people
- Mahinagar1,523 people
- Sobrasyampur1,495 people
- Radhanagar1,492 people
- Dakshin Khhanpur1,488 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mangalpur?1,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mangalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mangalpur?68.7% (Census 2011)