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Maheshpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 359 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1821 of which 939 are males while 882 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 854, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maheshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 76.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 88.97 % while female literacy rate was 63.96 %.

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 359 - -
Population 1,821 939 882
Child (0-6) 228 123 105
Schedule Caste 223 114 109
Schedule Tribe 192 108 84
Literacy 76.77 % 88.97 % 63.96 %
Total Workers 987 520 467
Main Worker 643 - -
Marginal Worker 344 85 259

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.25 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.54 % of total population in Maheshpur village.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 987 were engaged in work activities. 65.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 987 workers engaged in Main Work, 448 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.