# Mahespur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **579 people in 137 households**, the 99th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 579people (2011)
- 137households
- 74.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 85 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**46%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****69%**

**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 Mahespur?

■ Mahespur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**932

Working population ****53.4%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 68.7% for women. 59% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (11%) · **■** Household industry 59 (19%) · **■** Other work 41 (13%) · **■** Marginal 71 (23%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Kajlia616 people
- Sahdatpur610 people
- Kakurya Danga598 people
- Joykrishnapur592 people
- Payrachali560 people
- Singda550 people
- Dakshin Rautara541 people
- Maishali540 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?74.7% (Census 2011)