Maheshpur Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 218 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1098 of which 585 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 877 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 649, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 74.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 85.13 % while female literacy rate was 63.23 %.

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	218	-	-
Population	1,098	585	513
Child (0-6)	122	74	48
Schedule Caste	594	313	281
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.69 %	85.13 %	63.23 %
Total Workers	385	334	51
Main Worker	306	-	-
Marginal Worker	79	63	16

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.10 % of total population in Maheshpur village. The village Maheshpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 79.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.