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Maheshpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Premnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 448 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1755 of which 885 are males while 870 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 323 which makes up 18.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 983 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1168, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 52.23 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 64.81 % while female literacy rate was 38.94 %.

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 448 - -
Population 1,755 885 870
Child (0-6) 323 149 174
Schedule Caste 46 28 18
Schedule Tribe 905 458 447
Literacy 52.23 % 64.81 % 38.94 %
Total Workers 995 513 482
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 535 79 456

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.57 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.62 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 995 were engaged in work activities. 46.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 995 workers engaged in Main Work, 421 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.