# Moheshpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Moheshpur

Moheshpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,204 people in 284 households**, the 48th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,204people (2011)
- 284households
- 67.6%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moheshpur

Of every 100 households in Moheshpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Moheshpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**75%

Use banking services ****93%**

**53%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Moheshpur?

■ Moheshpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**66.2%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**948

Working population ****51.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 59.3% for women. 61% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 218 (35%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 76 (12%) · **■** Marginal 127 (20%)

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

- Rupat Ganj1,266 people
- Baruibera1,239 people
- Ulai1,237 people
- Alampur1,225 people
- Mahespur1,202 people
- Bidyadharpur1,175 people
- Sahapur1,130 people
- Telrui1,130 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Moheshpur?1,204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moheshpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moheshpur?67.6% (Census 2011)