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Maheshpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 112 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 411 of which 198 are males while 213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 13.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1076 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 900, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 73.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 84.52 % while female literacy rate was 63.98 %.

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 112 - -
Population 411 198 213
Child (0-6) 57 30 27
Schedule Caste 303 149 154
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.73 % 84.52 % 63.98 %
Total Workers 167 120 47
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 54 13 41

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.72 % 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, 167 were engaged in work activities. 67.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.