# Maheshpur Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **498 people in 79 households**, the 346th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 498people (2011)
- 79households
- 63.4%literacy
- 851females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**31%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****95%**

**77%

Television ****20%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**9%

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 · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****851**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**911

Working population ****31.5%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 46.7% for women. 41% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 49 (31%) · **■** Marginal 96 (61%)

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

- Jamejay Pur518 people
- Bayanpur514 people
- Neerapur514 people
- Gohada512 people
- Rasulpur496 people
- Arazisarehua494 people
- Muhammadpur493 people
- Ghanshyampur481 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?63.4% (Census 2011)