# Maheshpur Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **376 people in 97 households**, the 84th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 376people (2011)
- 97households
- 77.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**27%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**56%

Own their home ****92%**

**91%

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 · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1350**

**942

Working population ****44.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 68.4% for women. 68% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 58 (35%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** Marginal 98 (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 Rampurhat - II

- Diara495 people
- Pariharpur455 people
- Madhupur418 people
- Nishparun395 people
- Sudampara348 people
- Mathmahula284 people
- Mahilapara274 people
- Hatparkuta272 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?77.2% (Census 2011)