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Maheshpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Rampurhat - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 97 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 376 of which 194 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1350, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 77.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 85.06 % while female literacy rate was 68.39 %.

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 97 - -
Population 376 194 182
Child (0-6) 47 20 27
Schedule Caste 358 186 172
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.20 % 85.06 % 68.39 %
Total Workers 167 131 36
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 98 64 34

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 95.21 % 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. 41.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.