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Maheshra Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Maheshra is a medium size village located in Kukshi Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 194 families residing. The Maheshra village has population of 1310 of which 647 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshra village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 17.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshra village is 1025 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshra as per census is 1073, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Maheshra village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshra village was 18.63 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Maheshra Male literacy stands at 22.68 % while female literacy rate was 14.65 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maheshra 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 Maheshra village.

Maheshra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,310 647 663
Child (0-6) 226 109 117
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,309 646 663
Literacy 18.63 % 22.68 % 14.65 %
Total Workers 741 364 377
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 448 214 234

Caste Factor

In Maheshra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.08 % of total population in Maheshra village.

Work Profile

In Maheshra village out of total population, 741 were engaged in work activities. 39.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 741 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.