# Maheshpur Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,308 people in 303 households**, the 37th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,308people (2011)
- 303households
- 61.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**40%

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

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****86%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**963

Working population ****46.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 48.5% for women. 60% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 355 (58%) · **■** Other work 25 (4%) · **■** Marginal 68 (11%)

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 Dantan - I

- Jaypur1,347 people
- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people
- Bhikubar1,276 people
- Palsandapur1,252 people
- Sarata1,223 people
- Palashia1,221 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?1,308 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?61.0% (Census 2011)