About Mangalsing Village

Mangalsing is a large village in Naxalbari tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,327, made up of 1,147 males and 1,180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Mangalsing compares

By the 2011 count Mangalsing is the 11th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 143.26 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Mangalsing

Mangalsing is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mangalsing as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Lakshmaner Chhat, Lalman, Lohasing and M M Terai. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.