# Maheshpur Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **630 people in 144 households**, the 381st largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 630people (2011)
- 144households
- 69.1%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****93%**

**77%

Television ****8%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**916

Working population ****29.7%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 57.1% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 97 (52%)

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 Powayan

- Umaria Kalyanpur643 people
- Bhauar Khera Khurd641 people
- Dharmapur636 people
- Piparia Birsinghpur631 people
- Bhaipur621 people
- Chappa Bojhi620 people
- Mohanpur J Bhikhampur619 people
- Bilandpur617 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?69.1% (Census 2011)