# Maheshpur Village, Chapra, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,862 people in 636 households**, the 40th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 2,862people (2011)
- 636households
- 69.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**29%

Tap water ****43%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**60%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**964

Working population ****33.3%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 65.5% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 352 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 371 (39%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (10%) · **■** Marginal 123 (13%)

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 Chapra

- Maluapara3,092 people
- Pibragachhi3,064 people
- Karuigachhi2,971 people
- Madhupur2,886 people
- Naeayanpur2,852 people
- Ramnagar2,740 people
- Alfa2,688 people
- Fulkalmi2,597 people

[All 83 villages in Chapra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chapra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?2,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?69.2% (Census 2011)