Maheshpur Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Maheshpur is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 50 families residing. The Maheshpur village has population of 285 of which 136 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshpur village is 1096 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshpur as per census is 1375, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshpur village was 63.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshpur Male literacy stands at 77.68 % while female literacy rate was 49.14 %.

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	50	-	-
Population	285	136	149
Child (0-6)	57	24	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	273	130	143
Literacy	63.16 %	77.68 %	49.14 %
Total Workers	168	85	83
Main Worker	31	-	-
Marginal Worker	137	59	78

Caste Factor

In Maheshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.79 % of total population in Maheshpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshpur village of Jamtara.

Work Profile

In Maheshpur village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 18.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.