# Maheshpur Village, Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Chakulia sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **25 people in 10 households**, the 251st largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 25people (2011)
- 10households
- 54.5%literacy
- 562females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpur PIN code and other codes

Maheshpur falls in Chakulia sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatKala Pathar
- Community development blockChakulia
- Census village code364496

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?

- Chakulia (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)72 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)17 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Vasdiha
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 5 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 **rice**. About 34% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown.

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, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chakulia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****50%**

**47%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****0%**

**16%

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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chakulia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.5%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****562**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**959

Working population ****48.0%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 37.5% for women. 69% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 1 (8%) · **■** Marginal 11 (92%)

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 Chakulia

- Swargachhinra36 people
- Tasrishol31 people
- Bagbasa27 people
- Bagtariya25 people
- Sindra25 people
- Nagrinala17 people
- Parashiya16 people
- Upar Tentuliya13 people

[All 269 villages in Chakulia](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/chakulia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpur from Jamshedpur?72 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpur?25 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Chakulia sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?54.5% (Census 2011)