Maheshua is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 139 families residing. The Maheshua village has population of 693 of which 362 are males while 331 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Maheshua village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 25.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshua village is 914 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshua as per census is 967, higher than Bihar average of 935.
Maheshua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshua village was 46.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshua Male literacy stands at 50.92 % while female literacy rate was 41.56 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maheshua 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 Maheshua village.
Maheshua Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
139 |
- |
- |
| Population |
693 |
362 |
331 |
| Child (0-6) |
179 |
91 |
88 |
| Schedule Caste |
79 |
38 |
41 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
46.50 % |
50.92 % |
41.56 % |
| Total Workers |
170 |
146 |
24 |
| Main Worker |
75 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
95 |
75 |
20 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.40 % of total population in Maheshua village.
The village Maheshua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Maheshua village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 44.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.