Maheshpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 209 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 931 of which 486 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 9.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1023, 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 83.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 91.63 % while female literacy rate was 74.25 %.

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	209	-	-
Population	931	486	445
Child (0-6)	89	44	45
Schedule Caste	913	480	433
Schedule Tribe	4	2	2
Literacy	83.37 %	91.63 %	74.25 %
Total Workers	349	284	65
Main Worker	299	-	-
Marginal Worker	50	27	23

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.43 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 349 were engaged in work activities. 85.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 349 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.