# Maheswarpur Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Maheswarpur

Maheswarpur is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 352 households**, the 40th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 352households
- 61.9%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheswarpur

Of every 100 households in Maheswarpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheswarpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**83%

Use banking services ****41%**

**42%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Maheswarpur?

■ Maheswarpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**73.9%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**947

Working population ****52.4%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 52.5% for women. 63% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 109 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (23%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (3%) · **■** Marginal 468 (59%)

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 Illambazar

- Chaumandalpur1,517 people
- Jalalnagar1,510 people
- Paikuni1,509 people
- Rakona1,508 people
- Makra1,480 people
- Kurmitha1,477 people
- Kamarpara1,466 people
- Baruipur1,430 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheswarpur?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheswarpur in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheswarpur?61.9% (Census 2011)