# Mahespur Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mahespur

Mahespur is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,129 people in 496 households**, the 53rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,129people (2011)
- 496households
- 78.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahespur

Of every 100 households in Mahespur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahespur · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**95%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****58%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**971

Working population ****50.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 73.3% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (20%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 198 (18%) · **■** Marginal 608 (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 Basanti

- Matgaran2,308 people
- Krishnagar2,237 people
- Sibganj2,226 people
- Ramkrishnapur2,176 people
- Dakshin Narayantala1,992 people
- Amratala1,962 people
- Srirampur1,875 people
- Dakshin Battala1,832 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahespur?2,129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahespur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahespur?78.5% (Census 2011)