# Maheshpur Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **232 people in 51 households**, the 182nd largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 232people (2011)
- 51households
- 74.4%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****2%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2500**

**968

Working population ****66.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 55.8% for women. 68% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (58%) · **■** Marginal 63 (41%)

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 Midnapore

- Baksibandh243 people
- Mohanpur242 people
- Mandarbani238 people
- Durbbachati235 people
- Jethantar228 people
- Jhunjhuni227 people
- Kanandihi225 people
- Binpur221 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?74.4% (Census 2011)