# Maheshpur Village, Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Sahawar sub-district of Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **737 people in 116 households**, the 130th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 737people (2011)
- 116households
- 52.5%literacy
- 815females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Sahawar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****87%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**66%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****81%**

**53%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Sahawar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****815**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****629**

**893

Working population ****17.5%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 45.2% for women. 29% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 123 (95%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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 Sahawar

- Bhujpura832 people
- Sherpur802 people
- Sujan Pur798 people
- Nagla Kundan753 people
- Baddupur732 people
- Bikora729 people
- Pratap Pur Muhammad Khan725 people
- Nagaria718 people

[All 180 villages in Sahawar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/sahawar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Kanshiram Nagar district (Sahawar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?52.5% (Census 2011)