# Maheshpur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,642 people in 602 households**, the 17th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,642people (2011)
- 602households
- 92.7%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**33%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**953

Working population ****36.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 87.0% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (13%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (13%) · **■** Marginal 543 (56%)

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 Egra - II

- Bara Nalgerya3,596 people
- Uttar Silampur3,583 people
- Rukminipur2,956 people
- Dulalpur2,766 people
- Urdhabpur2,610 people
- Rajendra Chak2,483 people
- Kamalpur2,463 people
- Asit Chak2,455 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?2,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?92.7% (Census 2011)