# Mahespur Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,800 people in 997 households**, the 23rd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 4,800people (2011)
- 997households
- 74.9%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**54%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**21%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**29%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Mahespur?

■ Mahespur · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**974

Working population ****31.3%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 73.2% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 501 (33%) · **■** Household industry 78 (5%) · **■** Other work 698 (46%) · **■** Marginal 75 (5%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Kumarpur6,704 people
- Rameswarpur6,075 people
- Jalalpur5,625 people
- Gangapur5,499 people
- Dalua4,267 people
- Radhaballabhpur4,109 people
- Goalpara3,820 people
- Andiran3,585 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?4,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?74.9% (Census 2011)