Mahespur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Mahespur is a medium size village located in Bamangola Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 171 families residing. The Mahespur village has population of 742 of which 389 are males while 353 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahespur village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 9.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahespur village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahespur as per census is 763, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahespur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahespur village was 64.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahespur Male literacy stands at 70.66 % while female literacy rate was 57.10 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahespur 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 Mahespur village.

Mahespur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	171	-	-
Population	742	389	353
Child (0-6)	67	38	29
Schedule Caste	252	131	121
Schedule Tribe	284	148	136
Literacy	64.15 %	70.66 %	57.10 %
Total Workers	327	244	83
Main Worker	224	-	-
Marginal Worker	103	84	19

Caste Factor

In Mahespur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 33.96 % of total population in Mahespur village.

Work Profile

In Mahespur village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 68.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.