# Mahipal Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Mahipal

Mahipal is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,887 people in 417 households**, the 36th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,887people (2011)
- 417households
- 71.5%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahipal

Of every 100 households in Mahipal in 2011, 51 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahipal · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**72%

Tap water ****31%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**88%

Use banking services ****26%**

**32%

Television ****37%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**82%

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 Mahipal?

■ Mahipal · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**972

Working population ****33.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 62.0% for women. 52% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 197 (32%) · **■** Marginal 98 (16%)

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 Phansidewa

- Antigachh2,027 people
- Radha1,932 people
- Chhota Pathuram1,918 people
- Sahananda1,916 people
- Jabarali1,836 people
- Baramala1,799 people
- Abhiram1,773 people
- Purbba Bansgaonchakla1,756 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahipal?1,887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahipal in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahipal?71.5% (Census 2011)