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

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Maheshwarpur

Maheshwarpur is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **522 people in 124 households**, the 158th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 522people (2011)
- 124households
- 62.3%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshwarpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshwarpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maheshwarpur · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**58%

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

**49%

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

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**86%

Use banking services ****92%**

**56%

Television ****31%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****658**

**942

Working population ****52.3%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 58.8% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (63%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%) · **■** Marginal 24 (9%)

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

- Nabagram575 people
- Badishta557 people
- Rasulpur525 people
- Mogalpur524 people
- Khatni520 people
- Maura514 people
- Nezampur512 people
- Tarabihari498 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshwarpur?522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshwarpur in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshwarpur?62.3% (Census 2011)