A magnetic head includes a first magnetic layer in which a face, opposed to a recording medium, having a size equal to a track width in a track width direction; a second magnetic layer in which a face, opposed to the recording medium, having a size greater than the track width in the track width direction, the first and second magnetic layers being spaced from each other in an element thickness direction, the first and second magnetic layers being connected to each other at a region located in a height direction; and a coil layer, located far from the opposed faces, for applying recording magnetic fields to the first and second magnetic layers such that magnetic data is recorded on the recording medium with a perpendicular magnetic field concentrated on the first magnetic layer.