# Maheshpur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **26 people in 5 households**, the 165th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 26people (2011)
- 5households
- 72.0%literacy
- 733females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**88%

Use banking services ****0%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****733**

**940

Working population ****34.6%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 54.5% for women. 60% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 2 (22%) · **■** Other work 4 (44%) · **■** Marginal 3 (33%)

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 Deshopran

- Dhoba Berya67 people
- Hosenaput65 people
- Kaluraybar44 people
- Barjubar38 people
- Murabania9 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?26 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?72.0% (Census 2011)