Mahespur Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Mahespur is a medium size village located in Gurbandha Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 185 families residing. The Mahespur village has population of 957 of which 461 are males while 496 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahespur village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 19.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahespur village is 1076 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahespur as per census is 1190, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mahespur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahespur village was 28.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mahespur Male literacy stands at 37.14 % while female literacy rate was 21.21 %.

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	185	-	-
Population	957	461	496
Child (0-6)	184	84	100
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	939	453	486
Literacy	28.98 %	37.14 %	21.21 %
Total Workers	572	283	289
Main Worker	161	-	-
Marginal Worker	411	196	215

Caste Factor

In Mahespur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.12 % of total population in Mahespur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahespur village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Mahespur village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 28.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.