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

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **844 people in 191 households**, the 42nd largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 844people (2011)
- 191households
- 64.7%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**29%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

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 · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**961

Working population ****27.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 66.9% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (50%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 50 (22%) · **■** Marginal 44 (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 Bhagawangola - I

- Gobindatola1,437 people
- Mahatpur1,080 people
- Saaragachhi1,055 people
- Ramnagobra1,002 people
- Mathbarenda832 people
- Dakshini Nayakharida Babupur830 people
- Chengta798 people
- Purba Kasipur682 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?844 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?64.7% (Census 2011)