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Maheshpur Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Giridih Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 196 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1122 of which 580 are males while 542 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 17.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 934 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1030, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 58.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 73.60 % while female literacy rate was 42.05 %.

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 196 - -
Population 1,122 580 542
Child (0-6) 201 99 102
Schedule Caste 11 6 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.52 % 73.60 % 42.05 %
Total Workers 314 286 28
Main Worker 294 - -
Marginal Worker 20 13 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.98 % 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, 314 were engaged in work activities. 93.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 314 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.