# Mahespur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,202 people in 276 households**, the 49th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,202people (2011)
- 276households
- 63.1%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**75%

Use banking services ****11%**

**53%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**948

Working population ****44.4%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 54.4% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (21%) · **■** Other work 46 (9%) · **■** Marginal 312 (58%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Baruibera1,239 people
- Ulai1,237 people
- Alampur1,225 people
- Moheshpur1,204 people
- Bidyadharpur1,175 people
- Sahapur1,130 people
- Telrui1,130 people
- Junshara1,097 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?1,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?63.1% (Census 2011)