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Maheshpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a large village located in Chandrakona - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 549 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 2771 of which 1455 are males while 1316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 471 which makes up 17.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1131, 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 73.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 80.63 % while female literacy rate was 64.17 %.

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 549 - -
Population 2,771 1,455 1,316
Child (0-6) 471 221 250
Schedule Caste 131 62 69
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.00 % 80.63 % 64.17 %
Total Workers 868 762 106
Main Worker 551 - -
Marginal Worker 317 231 86

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.73 % 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, 868 were engaged in work activities. 63.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 868 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 294 were Agricultural labourer.