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Maheshi Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Maheshi is a large village located in Sultanganj Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 1008 families residing. The Maheshi village has population of 5838 of which 3113 are males while 2725 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshi village population of children with age 0-6 is 1089 which makes up 18.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshi village is 875 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshi as per census is 966, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshi village was 58.45 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshi Male literacy stands at 66.24 % while female literacy rate was 49.36 %.

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

Maheshi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,008 - -
Population 5,838 3,113 2,725
Child (0-6) 1,089 554 535
Schedule Caste 455 244 211
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.45 % 66.24 % 49.36 %
Total Workers 2,468 1,657 811
Main Worker 993 - -
Marginal Worker 1,475 838 637

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.79 % of total population in Maheshi village. The village Maheshi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheshi village out of total population, 2468 were engaged in work activities. 40.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2468 workers engaged in Main Work, 421 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 274 were Agricultural labourer.