Maheshpur Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Narharpur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 67 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 343 of which 169 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 10.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1030 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1056, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 83.01 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 87.42 % while female literacy rate was 78.71 %.

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	67	-	-
Population	343	169	174
Child (0-6)	37	18	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	203	102	101
Literacy	83.01 %	87.42 %	78.71 %
Total Workers	210	103	107
Main Worker	188	-	-
Marginal Worker	22	11	11

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.18 % of total population in Maheshpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshpur village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 89.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.