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Maheshajan Population - Darbhanga, Bihar

Maheshajan is a medium size village located in Keotiranway Block of Darbhanga district, Bihar with total 311 families residing. The Maheshajan village has population of 1243 of which 659 are males while 584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshajan village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 16.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshajan village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshajan as per census is 944, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Maheshajan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshajan village was 54.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maheshajan Male literacy stands at 58.98 % while female literacy rate was 49.79 %.

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

Maheshajan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,243 659 584
Child (0-6) 210 108 102
Schedule Caste 260 146 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.70 % 58.98 % 49.79 %
Total Workers 337 329 8
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 151 145 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.92 % of total population in Maheshajan village. The village Maheshajan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheshajan village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 55.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.