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Maheshpur Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Bashant Rai* Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 200 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 1147 of which 602 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 17.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 905 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 990, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 63.68 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 70.58 % while female literacy rate was 55.93 %.

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 200 - -
Population 1,147 602 545
Child (0-6) 197 99 98
Schedule Caste 297 151 146
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.68 % 70.58 % 55.93 %
Total Workers 460 306 154
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 312 191 121

Caste Factor

Maheshpur village of Godda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.89 % 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, 460 were engaged in work activities. 32.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.