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Maheshpur Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 185 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 912 of which 466 are males while 446 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 28.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 957 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1150, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 52.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 61.56 % while female literacy rate was 41.88 %.

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 185 - -
Population 912 466 446
Child (0-6) 258 120 138
Schedule Caste 107 55 52
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.29 % 61.56 % 41.88 %
Total Workers 458 234 224
Main Worker 450 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.73 % 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, 458 were engaged in work activities. 98.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 458 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 356 were Agricultural labourer.