# Maheshpur Village, Rudrapur, Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Rudrapur, Deoria 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Rudrapur sub-district of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,977 people in 280 households**, the 62nd largest of 274 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,977people (2011)
- 280households
- 70.0%literacy
- 1,108females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Rudrapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**13%

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

**85%

Tap water ****44%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**79%

Television ****32%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Rudrapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1108**

**1018

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**919

Working population ****25.1%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 58.7% for women. 37% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 178 (36%) · **■** Marginal 210 (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 Rudrapur

- Langra2,096 people
- Surajpur2,093 people
- Deokali Jairam2,092 people
- Bharauli2,068 people
- Kusumha1,974 people
- Khoram Khas1,973 people
- Jogia Buzurg1,970 people
- Bheri1,947 people

[All 293 villages in Rudrapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/deoria/rudrapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,977 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Deoria district (Rudrapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?70.0% (Census 2011)