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Mahespur Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Mahespur is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 244 families residing. The Mahespur village has population of 1485 of which 1001 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahespur village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahespur village is 484 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahespur as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahespur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahespur village was 84.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahespur Male literacy stands at 89.87 % while female literacy rate was 71.67 %.

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

Mahespur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,485 1,001 484
Child (0-6) 147 83 64
Schedule Caste 150 111 39
Schedule Tribe 588 309 279
Literacy 84.16 % 89.87 % 71.67 %
Total Workers 897 764 133
Main Worker 785 - -
Marginal Worker 112 62 50

Caste Factor

In Mahespur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.10 % of total population in Mahespur village.

Work Profile

In Mahespur village out of total population, 897 were engaged in work activities. 87.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 897 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.