# Maheshpur Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,336 people in 324 households**, the 74th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,336people (2011)
- 324households
- 83.2%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**86%

Use banking services ****94%**

**56%

Television ****65%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**942

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 79.7% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (40%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 286 (47%) · **■** Marginal 18 (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 Polba - Dadpur

- Ochai1,417 people
- Banseye1,386 people
- Dighanswar1,380 people
- Ugly1,352 people
- Dakshin Dadpur1,319 people
- Sangrampur1,289 people
- Kamrai1,278 people
- Kasemaligar1,276 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?83.2% (Census 2011)