# Maharajpur Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maharajpur

Maharajpur is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,566 people in 495 households**, the 9th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,566people (2011)
- 495households
- 73.4%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Maharajpur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maharajpur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**58%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Maharajpur?

■ Maharajpur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**960

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 67.8% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 309 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 467 (46%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (6%) · **■** Marginal 171 (17%)

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 Keshpur

- Sinnibar3,792 people
- Charka3,509 people
- Jagannathpur2,932 people
- Amrakuchi2,598 people
- Panchami2,499 people
- Dalang2,440 people
- Kanashol2,355 people
- Ichhai Pur2,352 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajpur?2,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajpur?73.4% (Census 2011)