# Maghpala Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Maghpala

Maghpala is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,087 people in 228 households**, the 47th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,087people (2011)
- 228households
- 59.2%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maghpala

Of every 100 households in Maghpala in 2011, 0 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maghpala · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**53%

Tap water ****20%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**30%

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 · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**964

Working population ****45.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 54.7% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 325 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 160 (32%)

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 Sitalkuchi

- Kurshamari Dwitia Khanda1,406 people
- Mirapara1,330 people
- Gachhtala1,316 people
- Sangarbari1,227 people
- Madhyam Madhusudan1,054 people
- Nagar Sobhaganj1,035 people
- Chhota Madhusudan1,005 people
- Aulikura995 people

[All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitalkuchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maghpala?1,087 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maghpala in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maghpala?59.2% (Census 2011)