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Maheshpur Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 440 of which 216 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 18.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1037 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1105, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 53.89 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 69.66 % while female literacy rate was 38.46 %.

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 95 - -
Population 440 216 224
Child (0-6) 80 38 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 249 119 130
Literacy 53.89 % 69.66 % 38.46 %
Total Workers 251 124 127
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 248 123 125

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.59 % of total population in Maheshpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshpur village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 1.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.