# Maheshua Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Maheshua

Maheshua is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,568 people in 651 households**, the 15th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,568people (2011)
- 651households
- 69.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshua

Of every 100 households in Maheshua in 2011, 9 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maheshua · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**80%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****75%**

**77%

Television ****21%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Maheshua?

■ Maheshua · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**911

Working population ****48.5%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 56.2% for women. 49% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 180 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (16%) · **■** Household industry 313 (14%) · **■** Other work 667 (30%) · **■** Marginal 709 (32%)

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

- Barthi4,907 people
- Dharavn4,766 people
- Nairhi4,754 people
- Tanda Kalan4,644 people
- Bamhniya Rampur4,507 people
- Fesura4,375 people
- Ahikaura4,312 people
- Kharan4,218 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshua?4,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshua in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshua?69.9% (Census 2011)