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Maheshpur Population - Lakhisarai, Bihar

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Chanan* Block of Lakhisarai district, Bihar with total 288 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1689 of which 914 are males while 775 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 314 which makes up 18.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 848 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 892, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 70.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 79.01 % while female literacy rate was 60.29 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maheshpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Maheshpur village.

Maheshpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,689 914 775
Child (0-6) 314 166 148
Schedule Caste 783 421 362
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.47 % 79.01 % 60.29 %
Total Workers 807 497 310
Main Worker 320 - -
Marginal Worker 487 271 216

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.36 % of total population in Maheshpur village. The village Maheshpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 807 were engaged in work activities. 39.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 807 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.