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Maheshpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Tarakeswar Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 398 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1498 of which 758 are males while 740 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 8.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1113, 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 79.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 70.64 %.

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 398 - -
Population 1,498 758 740
Child (0-6) 131 62 69
Schedule Caste 328 172 156
Schedule Tribe 126 66 60
Literacy 79.15 % 87.36 % 70.64 %
Total Workers 695 503 192
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 277 144 133

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.41 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 60.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.