# Maheshpur Village, Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Sikandra sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,632 people in 297 households**, the 59th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,632people (2011)
- 297households
- 66.9%literacy
- 795females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Sikandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**70%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Sikandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****795**

**858

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**890

Working population ****41.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 55.6% for women. 52% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 193 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (30%) · **■** Other work 48 (7%) · **■** Marginal 231 (34%)

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 Sikandra

- Sandna1,685 people
- Bishalpur1,680 people
- Amarahat1,666 people
- Raraunkh1,644 people
- Gurdahi Bujurg1,604 people
- Naiplapur1,566 people
- Kathra1,542 people
- Larpur Chhauna1,542 people

[All 211 villages in Sikandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/sikandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Kanpur Dehat district (Sikandra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?66.9% (Census 2011)