# Maheshwarpur Village, Shyampur - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - I, Haora 

# Maheshwarpur

Maheshwarpur is a village in Shyampur - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,136 people in 248 households**, the 56th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 1,136people (2011)
- 248households
- 91.1%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshwarpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshwarpur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshwarpur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**31%

Television ****43%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**40%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Maheshwarpur?

■ Maheshwarpur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**987

Working population ****40.9%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.7% for men and 84.9% for women. 65% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 234 (50%) · **■** Marginal 86 (18%)

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 Shyampur - I

- Kurchi Beria1,381 people
- Nabagram1,330 people
- Alpin1,284 people
- Srirampur1,219 people
- Chhota Joynagar900 people
- Dafarpur651 people
- Madaribar628 people
- Gopalpur578 people

[All 63 villages in Shyampur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshwarpur?1,136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshwarpur in?Haora district (Shyampur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshwarpur?91.1% (Census 2011)