# Maheshpura Village, Chachaura, Guna (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chachaura, Guna 

# Maheshpura

Maheshpura is a village in Chachaura sub-district of Guna district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 161 households**, the 36th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.9%.

- 920people (2011)
- 161households
- 66.8%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Maheshpura PIN code and other codes

Maheshpura falls in Chachaura sub-district, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChachaura
- Census village code499859

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

## How far is Maheshpura from nearby towns?

- Chachaura (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Guna (district HQ)66 km by road
- Chachaura-Binaganj (nearest town)3 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 Maheshpura?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Maheshpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chachaura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raghogarh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Maheshpura known for?

About 36% of the 553 hectares of village land is sown, and 96 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 Maheshpura

Of every 100 households in Maheshpura in 2011, 99 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpura · ■ Chachaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**95%

Tap water ****53%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****43%**

**20%

Television ****75%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**46%

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 Maheshpura?

■ Maheshpura · ■ Chachaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**55.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**898

Working population ****29.3%**

**53.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 48.5% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 223 (83%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 33 (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 Chachaura

- Lakhanwar1,000 people
- Gehun Khedi989 people
- Nesh Kalan986 people
- Umarthana936 people
- Barkhua914 people
- Bhensuwa908 people
- Kusumpura901 people
- Jhukra900 people

[All 150 villages in Chachaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/guna/chachaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maheshpura from Guna?66 km by road
- What is the population of Maheshpura?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpura in?Guna district (Chachaura sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpura?66.8% (Census 2011)