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Maheshpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in English Bazar Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 256 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1178 of which 608 are males while 570 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1145, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 75.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 80.77 % while female literacy rate was 69.74 %.

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 256 - -
Population 1,178 608 570
Child (0-6) 133 62 71
Schedule Caste 187 101 86
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 75.50 % 80.77 % 69.74 %
Total Workers 454 342 112
Main Worker 231 - -
Marginal Worker 223 152 71

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.87 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 50.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.