# Maheshpur Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **292 people in 63 households**, the 109th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 292people (2011)
- 63households
- 70.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**51%

Use banking services ****22%**

**52%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**935

Working population ****32.5%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 59.2% for women. 61% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (39%) · **■** Other work 25 (26%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Parulbana330 people
- Nalgara317 people
- Saljor317 people
- Dhasunia297 people
- Charigram286 people
- Harinajol281 people
- Bibharpur263 people
- Arjjunshuli243 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?292 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?70.3% (Census 2011)