# Maheshua Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Maheshua

Maheshua is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 139 households**, the 113th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 693people (2011)
- 139households
- 46.5%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Maheshua PIN code and other codes

Maheshua falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBarbatta
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223794

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

## How far is Maheshua from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)58 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)58 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 Maheshua?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Maheshua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bangama
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kasba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Maheshua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Maheshua

Of every 100 households in Maheshua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshua · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maheshua?

■ Maheshua · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.5%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**946

Working population ****24.5%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.9% for men and 41.6% for women. 40% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 95 (56%)

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 Amour

- Asranda760 people
- Chhapraili748 people
- Agaganj728 people
- Farsadenga717 people
- Daripur680 people
- Balua653 people
- Malhna627 people
- Khemia618 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshua from Purnia?58 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshua?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshua in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshua?46.5% (Census 2011)