# Maheshra Village, Dhanaura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar 

# Maheshra

Maheshra is a village in Dhanaura sub-district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,851 people in 457 households**, the 21st largest of 288 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 2,851people (2011)
- 457households
- 68.4%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshra

Of every 100 households in Maheshra in 2011, 14 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshra · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**60%

Tap water ****41%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**8%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****79%**

**80%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Maheshra?

■ Maheshra · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**875

Working population ****27.3%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 52.4% for women. 43% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (33%) · **■** Household industry 68 (9%) · **■** Other work 179 (23%) · **■** Marginal 106 (14%)

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 Dhanaura

- Dhanauree Meer3,069 people
- Papsari Khader2,930 people
- Kaural2,904 people
- Kesra2,851 people
- Kaseruwa2,840 people
- Shareefpur Shumali2,625 people
- Jajruh2,622 people
- Bese Must.2,552 people

[All 339 villages in Dhanaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jyotiba-phule-nagar/dhanaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshra?2,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshra in?Jyotiba Phule Nagar district (Dhanaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshra?68.4% (Census 2011)