# Maheshri Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Maheshri

Maheshri is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,328 people in 223 households**, the 159th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,328people (2011)
- 223households
- 69.4%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshri

Of every 100 households in Maheshri in 2011, 58 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maheshri · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**48%

Tap water ****19%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****62%**

**64%

Television ****61%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**26%

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

**3%

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

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Maheshri?

■ Maheshri · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**879

Working population ****28.6%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 59.2% for women. 43% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (7%) · **■** Household industry 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 106 (28%) · **■** Marginal 177 (47%)

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 Roorkee

- Khedali1,388 people
- Aamkheri1,368 people
- Kelanpur1,362 people
- Nagala Cheena1,335 people
- Wahabpur Chaga Mazari1,300 people
- Amarpur Qazi1,276 people
- Naseerpur Afzalpur1,273 people
- Toda Kalyanpur1,265 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshri?1,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshri in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshri?69.4% (Census 2011)