# Maheshana Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Maheshana

Maheshana is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **557 people in 121 households**, the 140th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 557people (2011)
- 121households
- 71.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshana

Of every 100 households in Maheshana in 2011, 23 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshana · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****29%**

**68%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

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 Maheshana?

■ Maheshana · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**954

Working population ****46.5%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 60.0% for women. 57% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (15%) · **■** Marginal 116 (45%)

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 Chhatna

- Chhata Tala576 people
- Bandayagal567 people
- Kelai566 people
- Tisra566 people
- Gohal Danga539 people
- Saparda538 people
- Bahirdya531 people
- Banagram529 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshana?557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshana in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshana?71.7% (Census 2011)