# Mahesh Pur Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Mahesh Pur

Mahesh Pur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **365 people in 85 households**, the 115th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 365people (2011)
- 85households
- 88.6%literacy
- 834females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahesh Pur

Of every 100 households in Mahesh Pur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahesh Pur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**66%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**80%

Use banking services ****35%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

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 Mahesh Pur?

■ Mahesh Pur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****834**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**964

Working population ****37.8%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 84.7% for women. 63% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (20%) · **■** Other work 44 (32%) · **■** Marginal 10 (7%)

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 Indus

- Srirampur395 people
- Chak Meral393 people
- Mamudpur376 people
- Simulia376 people
- Arapur364 people
- Ganga Bati324 people
- Manoharpur324 people
- Pratapmath284 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahesh Pur?365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahesh Pur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahesh Pur?88.6% (Census 2011)