# Mousal Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mousal

Mousal is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,631 people in 383 households**, the 57th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,631people (2011)
- 383households
- 76.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mousal

Of every 100 households in Mousal in 2011, 37 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mousal · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**37%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**28%

Television ****39%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mousal?

■ Mousal · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**962

Working population ****33.5%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 67.0% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (31%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 189 (35%) · **■** Marginal 75 (14%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Rangsara1,824 people
- Noapara1,756 people
- Debipur1,720 people
- Chak Bhika1,634 people
- Balipur1,549 people
- Saitgachhi1,549 people
- Bhandarkura1,545 people
- Hogaldara1,510 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mousal?1,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mousal in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mousal?76.1% (Census 2011)