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Maheshpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Ambikapur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 136 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 528 of which 255 are males while 273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 16.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1071 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1122, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 46.26 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 55.61 % while female literacy rate was 37.44 %.

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 136 - -
Population 528 255 273
Child (0-6) 87 41 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 514 251 263
Literacy 46.26 % 55.61 % 37.44 %
Total Workers 272 141 131
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 72 9 63

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.35 % of total population in Maheshpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshpur village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 272 were engaged in work activities. 73.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 272 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.