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Maheshpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Maheshpur is a large village located in Patharpratima Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 536 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 2274 of which 1156 are males while 1118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 11.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 949, 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 89.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 93.92 % while female literacy rate was 84.73 %.

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 536 - -
Population 2,274 1,156 1,118
Child (0-6) 265 136 129
Schedule Caste 85 41 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.40 % 93.92 % 84.73 %
Total Workers 811 648 163
Main Worker 569 - -
Marginal Worker 242 127 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.74 % 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, 811 were engaged in work activities. 70.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 811 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 262 were Agricultural labourer.