| Mahal | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 23.7034°N 87.2896°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.3532 |
| Population Total: | 4,841 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages* |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, Hindi, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 713219 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
| Area Code: | 0341 |
| Registration Plate: | WB |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Asansol |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Pandaveswar |
Mahal is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mahal is located at 23.7034°N 87.2896°W.
Mahal, Baidyanathpur, Dalurband, Ramnagar, Bilpahari and Kendra Khottamdi form a cluster of census towns in the northern portion of Pandabeswar CD block.[1]
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Mahal had a total population of 4,841 of which 2,510 (52%) were males and 2,331 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 647. The total number of literate persons in Mahal was 3,078 (73.39% of the population over 6 years).[3]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Mahal covered an area of 3.3532 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 418 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities there is a dispensary/ health centre 1 km away. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school, senior secondary school at Pandabeswar 2 km away.[4]
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Dalurband Colliery, Khottadih OCP, Khottadih UG, Madhaipur Colliery, Manderbony Colliery, Pandaveswar Colliery and South Samla Colliery.[5]