# Maheshpur Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,098 people in 218 households**, the 53rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,098people (2011)
- 218households
- 74.7%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**82%

Use banking services ****50%**

**48%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****649**

**932

Working population ****35.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 63.2% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (24%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 111 (29%) · **■** Marginal 79 (21%)

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 Indpur

- Bhaluka1,128 people
- Jiarda1,128 people
- Marlu1,115 people
- Baurisol1,101 people
- Tentulia1,085 people
- Niasha1,078 people
- Gabrasol1,052 people
- Bholarkhap1,048 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?74.7% (Census 2011)