# Maheshpur Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,433 people in 318 households**, the 185th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 24.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 1,433people (2011)
- 318households
- 24.5%literacy
- 791females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****40%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**58%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**78%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****24.5%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****791**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**947

Working population ****31.9%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.2% for men and 13.3% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 267 (58%)

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 Biswan

- Anlor1,445 people
- Banneray1,443 people
- Kalemapur1,441 people
- Sirsa Khurd1,440 people
- Baghaia1,430 people
- Kirtapur1,430 people
- Chamsa1,425 people
- Bara Singha1,420 people

[All 347 villages in Biswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/biswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?24.5% (Census 2011)