# Maheshpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,498 people in 398 households**, the 41st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 1,498people (2011)
- 398households
- 79.2%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**28%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**11%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****46%**

**55%

Television ****22%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**949

Working population ****46.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 70.6% for women. 66% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (19%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 140 (20%) · **■** Marginal 277 (40%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Bamunpara1,652 people
- Sachak1,611 people
- Gobarhanra1,534 people
- Naypara1,504 people
- Tulyan1,483 people
- Chhaonapur1,436 people
- Pratiharpur1,382 people
- Paschimramnagar1,378 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?79.2% (Census 2011)