# Handal Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Handal

Handal is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,072 people in 549 households**, the 22nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 2,072people (2011)
- 549households
- 92.1%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Handal

Of every 100 households in Handal in 2011, 48 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Handal · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Handal?

■ Handal · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**942

Working population ****54.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 88.3% for women. 67% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 271 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 159 (14%) · **■** Marginal 568 (50%)

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 Pingla

- Jan Hat2,335 people
- Mirupur2,309 people
- Chhota Khelna2,229 people
- Paschim Chak2,198 people
- Khirinda2,031 people
- Saharda1,966 people
- Keleyara1,910 people
- Sahara1,872 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Handal?2,072 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Handal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Handal?92.1% (Census 2011)