# Maheswarpuri Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Maheswarpuri

Maheswarpuri is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,029 people in 235 households**, the 39th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 1,029people (2011)
- 235households
- 76.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheswarpuri

Of every 100 households in Maheswarpuri in 2011, 29 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheswarpuri · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**47%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****64%**

**27%

Television ****12%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****17%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Maheswarpuri?

■ Maheswarpuri · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1173**

**992

Working population ****32.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 72.1% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (51%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 37 (11%) · **■** Marginal 21 (6%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Raipur1,262 people
- Srirampur1,127 people
- Baliharpur1,056 people
- Bota1,035 people
- Raghunathpur1,014 people
- Borakuli933 people
- Chainpara909 people
- Uttar Gopalpur751 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheswarpuri?1,029 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheswarpuri in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheswarpuri?76.1% (Census 2011)