# Maheshpur Village, Manihari, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Manihari, Katihar 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Manihari sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,947 people in 838 households**, the 13th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.6%.

- 3,947people (2011)
- 838households
- 47.4%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpur PIN code and other codes

Maheshpur falls in Manihari sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatManoharpur
- Community development blockManihari
- Census village code225726

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Maheshpur from nearby towns?

- Manihari (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)31 km by road
- Manihari (nearest town)4 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Maheshpur?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Maheshpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Manihari
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Manihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Maheshpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 380 hectares of village land is sown, and 262 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Manihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****46%**

**27%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Manihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**51.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**945

Working population ****36.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.8% for men and 39.5% for women. 45% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 127 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (15%) · **■** Other work 212 (15%) · **■** Marginal 888 (61%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Manihari

- Mednipur4,870 people
- Baghar4,854 people
- Ratanpur4,598 people
- Nima4,226 people
- Naraenpur3,472 people
- Mahuar3,359 people
- Mianpur3,204 people
- Kutubpur3,124 people

[All 62 villages in Manihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/manihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpur from Katihar?31 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpur?3,947 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Katihar district (Manihari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?47.4% (Census 2011)