# Chak Maheshpur Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Chak Maheshpur

Chak Maheshpur is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 85 households**, the 96th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 398people (2011)
- 85households
- 59.0%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Chak Maheshpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Maheshpur · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**52%

Tap water ****79%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****21%**

**90%

Use banking services ****1%**

**26%

Television ****5%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**37%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chak Maheshpur?

■ Chak Maheshpur · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**967

Working population ****30.4%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 57.1% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (7%) · **■** Marginal 14 (12%)

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 Kaliganj

- Brajanathpur463 people
- Ghola437 people
- Chanduria416 people
- Shitalpur404 people
- Jot Mahesh376 people
- Sri Krishnapur296 people
- Jalkar Jalmahal252 people
- Char Tejnagar243 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Maheshpur?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Maheshpur in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Maheshpur?59.0% (Census 2011)