# Maheshpur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **411 people in 112 households**, the 164th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 411people (2011)
- 112households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,076females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**18%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**955

Working population ****40.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 64.0% for women. 61% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 46 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (36%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 54 (32%)

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 Kushmundi

- Jugati430 people
- Kunia427 people
- Rajapur425 people
- Dhadarang412 people
- Saraipur403 people
- Gobrabil396 people
- Arazi Panishala391 people
- Ranipur390 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?73.7% (Census 2011)