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Maheshpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Maheshpur is a large village located in Falka Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 649 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 3098 of which 1513 are males while 1585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 739 which makes up 23.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1048 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1030, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 35.78 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 45.34 % while female literacy rate was 26.69 %.

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 649 - -
Population 3,098 1,513 1,585
Child (0-6) 739 364 375
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 35.78 % 45.34 % 26.69 %
Total Workers 1,327 674 653
Main Worker 829 - -
Marginal Worker 498 231 267

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.16 % 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, 1327 were engaged in work activities. 62.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1327 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 556 were Agricultural labourer.