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Mahespur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahespur is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 137 families residing. The Mahespur village has population of 579 of which 293 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahespur village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 12.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahespur village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahespur as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahespur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahespur village was 74.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahespur Male literacy stands at 80.47 % while female literacy rate was 68.67 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahespur 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 Mahespur village.

Mahespur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 137 - -
Population 579 293 286
Child (0-6) 74 37 37
Schedule Caste 67 30 37
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 74.65 % 80.47 % 68.67 %
Total Workers 309 172 137
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 71 19 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.69 % of total population in Mahespur village.

Work Profile

In Mahespur village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 77.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.