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Maheshpur Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Cuttack Sadar Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 356 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1585 of which 803 are males while 782 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 9.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 974 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1040, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 86.87 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 91.76 % while female literacy rate was 81.82 %.

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 356 - -
Population 1,585 803 782
Child (0-6) 153 75 78
Schedule Caste 282 137 145
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 86.87 % 91.76 % 81.82 %
Total Workers 790 537 253
Main Worker 414 - -
Marginal Worker 376 156 220

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.63 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 790 were engaged in work activities. 52.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 790 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.