Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Maheshpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Manihari Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 284 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1838 of which 995 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 432 which makes up 23.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 847 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 778, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 17.71 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 19.81 % while female literacy rate was 15.29 %.

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 284 - -
Population 1,838 995 843
Child (0-6) 432 243 189
Schedule Caste 15 9 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 17.71 % 19.81 % 15.29 %
Total Workers 680 494 186
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 544 365 179

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.82 % 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, 680 were engaged in work activities. 20.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.