# Mahespur Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,835 people in 404 households**, the 31st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,835people (2011)
- 404households
- 82.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**80%

Use banking services ****14%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Mahespur?

■ Mahespur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**964

Working population ****39.2%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 76.8% for women. 66% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 233 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (27%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 124 (17%) · **■** Marginal 168 (23%)

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

- Haripur1,901 people
- Ratra1,898 people
- Dasarath Bati1,862 people
- Shalikona1,846 people
- Kharra1,776 people
- Pariksha Para1,689 people
- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people
- Charigram1,656 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?1,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?82.7% (Census 2011)