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Maheshpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Mandirbazar Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 216 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 970 of which 507 are males while 463 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 9.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 872, 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 84.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 91.74 % while female literacy rate was 76.54 %.

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 216 - -
Population 970 507 463
Child (0-6) 88 47 41
Schedule Caste 879 463 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.47 % 91.74 % 76.54 %
Total Workers 442 329 113
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 112 53 59

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.62 % 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, 442 were engaged in work activities. 74.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 442 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.