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Maheshpur Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 89 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 504 of which 299 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 21.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 686 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 698, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 73.80 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 86.86 % while female literacy rate was 54.66 %.

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 89 - -
Population 504 299 205
Child (0-6) 107 63 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 304 201 103
Literacy 73.80 % 86.86 % 54.66 %
Total Workers 220 112 108
Main Worker 214 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.32 % of total population in Maheshpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshpur village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 97.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.