# Maheshpur Village, Purnia East, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Purnia East, Purnia 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **645 people in 128 households**, the 56th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.

- 645people (2011)
- 128households
- 44.7%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpur PIN code and other codes

Maheshpur falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGaura
- Community development blockPurnia East
- Census village code223537

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?

- Purnia East (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)20 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)20 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?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Majhwa
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gulabbag
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 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 Maheshpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 95% of the 77 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, 20 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Purnia East rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**87%

Tap water ****33%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**22%

Television ****67%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****20%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**31%

Own their home ****92%**

**97%

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 · ■ Purnia East rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.7%**

**49.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**968

Working population ****51.2%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 33.2% for women. 50% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (8%) · **■** Marginal 183 (55%)

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 Purnia East

- Anaili819 people
- Gaura723 people
- Bikrampur715 people
- Bhogadehat673 people
- Himtiarpur595 people
- Bishunpur540 people
- Sahawa530 people
- Tira505 people

[All 83 villages in Purnia East](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/purnia-east/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpur from Purnia?20 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpur?645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?44.7% (Census 2011)