# Maheshpur Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,269 people in 297 households**, the 76th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,269people (2011)
- 297households
- 69.1%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**30%

Tap water ****3%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**88%

Use banking services ****8%**

**42%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**959

Working population ****35.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 61.7% for women. 66% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 189 (41%) · **■** Marginal 13 (3%)

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 Arambag

- Banamalipur1,323 people
- Berabere1,289 people
- Mandaran1,287 people
- Khalar1,271 people
- Madhabpur1,263 people
- Chak Benshe1,252 people
- Taral1,207 people
- Mandra1,200 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?69.1% (Census 2011)