# Maheshwarpur Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Maheshwarpur

Maheshwarpur is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 280 households**, the 84th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 280households
- 73.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshwarpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshwarpur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshwarpur · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**39%

Tap water ****16%**

**19%

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

**28%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****27%**

**55%

Television ****29%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**983

Working population ****46.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 65.4% for women. 69% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 174 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (20%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (11%) · **■** Marginal 226 (39%)

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 Haripal

- Krishna Ballabhbati1,277 people
- Chak Dumur1,273 people
- Kinkarkati1,267 people
- Dank1,263 people
- Gosha1,247 people
- Chitrashali1,221 people
- Brahmanpara1,220 people
- Panchgachhia1,194 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshwarpur?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshwarpur in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshwarpur?73.5% (Census 2011)