# Maheshpura Village, Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar 

# Maheshpura

Maheshpura is a village in Bajpur sub-district of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **5,328 people in 919 households**, the 5th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 5,328people (2011)
- 919households
- 60.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpura

Of every 100 households in Maheshpura in 2011, 80 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maheshpura · ■ Bajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**48%

Tap water ****6%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**80%

Use banking services ****56%**

**67%

Television ****56%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****8%**

**10%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Maheshpura?

■ Maheshpura · ■ Bajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**918

Working population ****31.2%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 50.6% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 127 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 882 (53%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 467 (28%) · **■** Marginal 169 (10%)

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 Bajpur

- Bazpur5,746 people
- Barhani5,662 people
- Bannakhera5,620 people
- Chakarpur5,464 people
- Baria Daulat4,660 people
- Mundia Kalan4,596 people
- Harsan4,591 people
- Nandpur Narkatopa3,811 people

[All 125 villages in Bajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/udham-singh-nagar/bajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpura?5,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpura in?Udham Singh Nagar district (Bajpur sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpura?60.4% (Census 2011)