Mahipal is a medium size village located in Phansidewa Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 417 families residing. The Mahipal village has population of 1887 of which 952 are males while 935 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Mahipal village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahipal village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahipal as per census is 1171, higher than West Bengal average of 956.
Mahipal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahipal village was 71.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahipal Male literacy stands at 80.48 % while female literacy rate was 62.03 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahipal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mahipal village.
Mahipal Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
417 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,887 |
952 |
935 |
| Child (0-6) |
254 |
117 |
137 |
| Schedule Caste |
1,001 |
512 |
489 |
| Schedule Tribe |
24 |
12 |
12 |
| Literacy |
71.46 % |
80.48 % |
62.03 % |
| Total Workers |
623 |
492 |
131 |
| Main Worker |
525 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
98 |
39 |
59 |
Caste Factor
In Mahipal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.27 % of total population in Mahipal village.
Work Profile
In Mahipal village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 84.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.