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Maheshpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 324 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1336 of which 699 are males while 637 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 9.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 792, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 83.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 86.44 % while female literacy rate was 79.66 %.

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 324 - -
Population 1,336 699 637
Child (0-6) 129 72 57
Schedule Caste 79 44 35
Schedule Tribe 34 16 18
Literacy 83.18 % 86.44 % 79.66 %
Total Workers 603 452 151
Main Worker 585 - -
Marginal Worker 18 4 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.54 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 603 were engaged in work activities. 97.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 603 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.