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Mahespur Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Mahespur is a medium size village located in Sonamukhi Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 276 families residing. The Mahespur village has population of 1202 of which 625 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahespur village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 15.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahespur village is 923 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahespur as per census is 898, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahespur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahespur village was 63.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahespur Male literacy stands at 71.16 % while female literacy rate was 54.40 %.

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 276 - -
Population 1,202 625 577
Child (0-6) 186 98 88
Schedule Caste 458 220 238
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.09 % 71.16 % 54.40 %
Total Workers 534 363 171
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 312 153 159

Caste Factor

In Mahespur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.10 % of total population in Mahespur village. The village Mahespur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahespur village out of total population, 534 were engaged in work activities. 41.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 534 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.