# Maghpala Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Maghpala

Maghpala is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,745 people in 597 households**, the 34th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,745people (2011)
- 597households
- 78.5%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maghpala

Of every 100 households in Maghpala in 2011, 29 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maghpala · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**47%

Tap water ****53%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****74%**

**40%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Maghpala?

■ Maghpala · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**942

Working population ****31.7%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 70.1% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 383 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 189 (22%) · **■** Marginal 72 (8%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Chhat Duder Kuthi3,180 people
- Dayaler Chhara2,983 people
- Jiranpur2,934 people
- Charakpara2,905 people
- Charaker Kuthi2,693 people
- Rasidanga Pratham Khanda2,548 people
- Ghegirghat2,545 people
- Shalbari2,511 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maghpala?2,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maghpala in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maghpala?78.5% (Census 2011)