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Maheshpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Faridpur Durgapur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 68 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 284 of which 150 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 375, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 62.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 70.63 % while female literacy rate was 55.20 %.

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 68 - -
Population 284 150 134
Child (0-6) 33 24 9
Schedule Caste 157 77 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.95 % 70.63 % 55.20 %
Total Workers 119 88 31
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 32 4 28

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.28 % of total population in Maheshpur village. The village Maheshpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 73.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.