# Maheshpur Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,652 people in 273 households**, the 58th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 1,652people (2011)
- 273households
- 63.7%literacy
- 829females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**91%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

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

**16%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****73%**

**75%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****829**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****674**

**908

Working population ****38.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 50.1% for women. 42% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (14%) · **■** Marginal 314 (49%)

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 Lalganj

- Badauha1,694 people
- Parsia Mudpeli1,665 people
- Indrawar1,662 people
- Kotar1,659 people
- Basuhara1,649 people
- Kolkam Kalan1,627 people
- Sagara1,591 people
- Rampur Wasit Ali1,582 people

[All 431 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?63.7% (Census 2011)