# Maheshpur Village, Chandi, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 150 households**, the 50th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 870people (2011)
- 150households
- 74.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpur PIN code and other codes

Maheshpur falls in Chandi sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhagwanpur
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244356

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?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)32 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)24 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chandi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 100% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 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, 1 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**74%

Tap water ****6%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****61%**

**50%

Television ****21%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**940

Working population ****45.1%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 65.0% for women. 45% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (23%) · **■** Marginal 47 (12%)

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 Chandi

- Mokimpur1,044 people
- Rupaspur1,017 people
- Daulatpur970 people
- Chandpur951 people
- Sirampur Kharij Jama824 people
- Jalalpur789 people
- Tanrapar777 people
- Maho754 people

[All 71 villages in Chandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/chandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpur from Biharsharif?32 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpur?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?74.4% (Census 2011)