As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Mrigala had a population of 17,664. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Mrigala had an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average at the time, which was 59.5%: male literacy was 78%, and female literacy 67%. In Mrigala, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.
^"Mouza Information". Land & Land Reforms Department, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2018.