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Maheshpur Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Baghmara-Cum-Katras Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 309 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1764 of which 900 are males while 864 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 14.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 960 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 984, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 62.86 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 75.23 % while female literacy rate was 49.93 %.

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 309 - -
Population 1,764 900 864
Child (0-6) 256 129 127
Schedule Caste 136 70 66
Schedule Tribe 22 13 9
Literacy 62.86 % 75.23 % 49.93 %
Total Workers 558 434 124
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 66 28 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.25 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 558 were engaged in work activities. 88.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 558 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 238 were Agricultural labourer.