Maheshpur Population, Caste, Working Data Maldah, West Bengal - Census 2011

Maheshpur is a village situated in Kaliachak - I block of Maldah district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 2,417 families residing in the village Maheshpur. The total population of Maheshpur is 12,250 out of which 6,309 are males and 5,941 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur is 942.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Maheshpur village is 2367 which is 19% of the total population. There are 1258 male children and 1109 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Maheshpur is 882 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (942) of Maheshpur village.

Population
12,250
Families
2,417
Literacy
54.6%
Sex Ratio
942

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Maheshpur is 54.6%. Thus Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to 52.3% of Maldah district. The male literacy rate is 58.25% and the female literacy rate is 50.79% in Maheshpur village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Maheshpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Maheshpur Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Maheshpur village.

Total Male Female
Children 2,367 1,258 1,109
Literacy 54.6% 58.25% 50.79%
Scheduled Caste 5 1 4
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 6,854 3,367 3,487

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Maheshpur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 5,976 were engaged in work activities. 80.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5,976 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,813 2,907 1,906
Cultivators 97 90 7
Agriculture Labourer 366 359 7
Household Industries 1,592 192 1,400
Other Workers 2,758 2,266 492
Marginal Workers 1,163 321 842
Non Working 6,274 3,081 3,193

Nearby Villages to Maheshpur,

Below are the list of villages near Maheshpur village in Kaliachak - I.

Village Population
Khas Chandpur 9,629
Khaltipur 6,881
Marupur 1,888
Bahadurpur 7,753
Krishnapur 4,953
Sultanganj 21,149
Jot Dhani 579
Kaliachak 4,192
Jotparan 3,361
Bairgachhi 2,182

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