# Maheshpur Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,178 people in 256 households**, the 55th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,178people (2011)
- 256households
- 75.5%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 68 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**60%

Tap water ****77%**

**16%

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

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**83%

Use banking services ****60%**

**39%

Television ****52%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**31%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**972

Working population ****38.5%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 69.7% for women. 56% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 30 (7%) · **■** Other work 198 (44%) · **■** Marginal 223 (49%)

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 English Bazar

- Uttar Nazirpur1,461 people
- Anandamohanpur1,454 people
- Imamnagar1,389 people
- Uttar Gopinathpur1,240 people
- Ramchandrapur1,177 people
- Pichli1,145 people
- Narhatta1,107 people
- Khirki1,106 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?75.5% (Census 2011)