Mangalbari


Mangalbari is a census town in the Matiali CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Mangalbari is located at.

Area overview

has overtaken traditionally popular Jaldapara National Park in footfall and Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside.It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas.Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. Such places are marked in the map as CT or R. Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Mangalbari had a total population of 5,394. There were 2,972 males and 2,962 females. There were 661 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Mangalbari was 3,710.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri, Mangalbari covered an area of 6.5095 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 18 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pumps. It had 831 domestic electric connections, 50 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Malbazar 10 km away.