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Maheshpur Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Gawan Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 631 of which 325 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 942 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 765, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 47.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 70.82 % while female literacy rate was 24.41 %.

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 95 - -
Population 631 325 306
Child (0-6) 120 68 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.75 % 70.82 % 24.41 %
Total Workers 422 209 213
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 240 89 151

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Maheshpur village of Giridih district.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 43.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.