# Maheshpur Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,035 people in 282 households**, the 61st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,035people (2011)
- 282households
- 83.9%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****65%**

**46%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****65%**

**41%

Own their home ****57%**

**95%

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 · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**959

Working population ****41.4%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 80.1% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 243 (57%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Pakha1,343 people
- Madna1,330 people
- Kadya1,243 people
- Kushipur1,083 people
- Jungul1,007 people
- Jhaupara969 people
- Makarampur935 people
- Kulgachhi847 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?83.9% (Census 2011)