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Maheshpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a large village located in Kaliachak - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 2417 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 12250 of which 6309 are males while 5941 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 2367 which makes up 19.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 882, 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 54.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 58.25 % while female literacy rate was 50.79 %.

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 2,417 - -
Population 12,250 6,309 5,941
Child (0-6) 2,367 1,258 1,109
Schedule Caste 5 1 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.60 % 58.25 % 50.79 %
Total Workers 5,976 3,228 2,748
Main Worker 4,813 - -
Marginal Worker 1,163 321 842

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.04 % 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, 5976 were engaged in work activities. 80.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5976 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.