# Maheshwara Village, Gaighat, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gaighat, Muzaffarpur 

# Maheshwara

Maheshwara is a village in Gaighat sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,898 people in 653 households**, the 27th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 2,898people (2011)
- 653households
- 74.5%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Maheshwara PIN code and other codes

Maheshwara falls in Gaighat sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatShivdaha
- Community development blockGaighat
- Census village code229222

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

## How far is Maheshwara from nearby towns?

- Gaighat (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (district HQ)60 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (nearest town)60 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 Maheshwara?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Maheshwara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 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 Maheshwara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 355 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 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 Maheshwara

Of every 100 households in Maheshwara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshwara · ■ Gaighat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Maheshwara?

■ Maheshwara · ■ Gaighat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**896

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**902

Working population ****24.9%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 67.2% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 144 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 516 (72%)

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 Gaighat

- Paga3,408 people
- Manipur Dahila3,378 people
- Makrandpur urf Makrampur3,129 people
- Belaur Nidhi urf BelaurThana3,118 people
- Tirsatha2,840 people
- Bakhri2,673 people
- Kumhrauli2,643 people
- Shakarwara Nur2,624 people

[All 84 villages in Gaighat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/gaighat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshwara from Muzaffarpur?60 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshwara?2,898 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshwara in?Muzaffarpur district (Gaighat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshwara?74.5% (Census 2011)