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Maheshpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1514 of which 794 are males while 720 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 10.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 926, 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 91.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 95.79 % while female literacy rate was 86.82 %.

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 290 - -
Population 1,514 794 720
Child (0-6) 156 81 75
Schedule Caste 1,062 553 509
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.53 % 95.79 % 86.82 %
Total Workers 504 480 24
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 282 271 11

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.15 % 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, 504 were engaged in work activities. 44.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.