# Maheshpur Village, Phulpur, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Allahabad 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 181 households**, the 274th largest of 503 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 181households
- 62.4%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**79%

Tap water ****3%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**88%

Use banking services ****58%**

**75%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**904

Working population ****31.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 49.5% for women. 47% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (5%) · **■** Household industry 17 (5%) · **■** Other work 105 (29%) · **■** Marginal 184 (51%)

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 Phulpur

- Dewarya1,158 people
- Partappur1,156 people
- Chak Kajiolia Urf Khojapur1,155 people
- Amersapur1,142 people
- Baijpur1,141 people
- Devkali1,132 people
- Perwezabad1,131 people
- Mulhapur1,100 people

[All 560 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Allahabad district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?62.4% (Census 2011)