# Mahespur Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **634 people in 149 households**, the 73rd largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 634people (2011)
- 149households
- 75.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahespur?

■ Mahespur · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**951

Working population ****51.6%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 61.2% for women. 57% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (19%) · **■** Marginal 122 (37%)

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 Ranibundh

- Chirkun Kanali647 people
- Maula639 people
- Purna Pani639 people
- Katiam637 people
- Chhatar Doba632 people
- Dhadkidihi629 people
- Nischintapur624 people
- Gosainidihi620 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?75.0% (Census 2011)