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Maheshpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a large village located in Egra - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 602 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 2642 of which 1371 are males while 1271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1047, 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 92.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 97.91 % while female literacy rate was 86.98 %.

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 602 - -
Population 2,642 1,371 1,271
Child (0-6) 262 128 134
Schedule Caste 114 61 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.69 % 97.91 % 86.98 %
Total Workers 974 842 132
Main Worker 431 - -
Marginal Worker 543 444 99

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.31 % 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, 974 were engaged in work activities. 44.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 974 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.