# Maheshi Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Maheshi

Maheshi is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,311 people in 170 households**, the 202nd largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,311people (2011)
- 170households
- 84.5%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshi

Of every 100 households in Maheshi in 2011, 54 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 43 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maheshi · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**77%

Television ****52%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****43%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maheshi?

■ Maheshi · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1170**

**911

Working population ****20.2%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 75.8% for women. 33% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (23%) · **■** Marginal 111 (42%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Orauli1,332 people
- Chilbili1,326 people
- Diwakarpur1,323 people
- Dadhauli1,311 people
- Hetampur1,306 people
- Saidpura1,302 people
- Hasanpur Davodha1,291 people
- Papraul1,276 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshi?1,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshi in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshi?84.5% (Census 2011)