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Maheshpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Arambag Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 297 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1269 of which 635 are males while 634 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 11.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1417, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 69.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 76.17 % while female literacy rate was 61.75 %.

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 297 - -
Population 1,269 635 634
Child (0-6) 145 60 85
Schedule Caste 774 383 391
Schedule Tribe 20 9 11
Literacy 69.13 % 76.17 % 61.75 %
Total Workers 456 417 39
Main Worker 443 - -
Marginal Worker 13 10 3

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.99 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.58 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 97.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 221 were Agricultural labourer.