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Maheshpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Purnia East Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 128 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 645 of which 350 are males while 295 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 22.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 843 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 797, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 44.73 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 54.61 % while female literacy rate was 33.19 %.

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 128 - -
Population 645 350 295
Child (0-6) 142 79 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.73 % 54.61 % 33.19 %
Total Workers 330 175 155
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 183 38 145

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Maheshpur village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 44.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.