# Maheshpur Village, Kaliachak - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - I, Maldah 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Kaliachak - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,250 people in 2,417 households**, the 4th largest of 49 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 12,250people (2011)
- 2,417households
- 54.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**62%

Tap water ****3%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**53%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**78%

Use banking services ****12%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**39%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**956

Working population ****48.8%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 50.8% for women. 51% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 366 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1,592 (27%) · **■** Other work 2,758 (46%) · **■** Marginal 1,163 (19%)

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 Kaliachak - I

- Sultanganj21,149 people
- Serpur12,838 people
- Dakshin Lakshmipur12,732 people
- Bakharpur12,148 people
- Uttar Dariapur11,813 people
- Azimpur11,548 people
- Gayesbari9,745 people

[All 55 villages in Kaliachak - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?12,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?54.6% (Census 2011)