# Maheshpur Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,083 people in 196 households**, the 27th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,083people (2011)
- 196households
- 72.8%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpur PIN code and other codes

Maheshpur falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChhatiyara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244021

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?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)12 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)12 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ 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 323 hectares of village land is sown, and 208 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, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**34%

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 · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**958

Working population ****38.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 67.1% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 149 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (47%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 46 (11%)

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 Chewara

- Uski1,277 people
- Kemra1,275 people
- Belkhundi1,243 people
- Bengucha1,122 people
- Hansapur846 people
- Rajpur817 people
- Rajaur776 people
- Basant717 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpur from Sheikhpura?12 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?72.8% (Census 2011)