# Maheswarpur Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maheswarpur

Maheswarpur is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,641 people in 413 households**, the 35th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,641people (2011)
- 413households
- 88.1%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheswarpur

Of every 100 households in Maheswarpur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheswarpur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**44%

Tap water ****99%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**46%

Television ****52%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maheswarpur?

■ Maheswarpur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**981

Working population ****34.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 85.1% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 267 (47%) · **■** Marginal 274 (48%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Chak Daulat1,835 people
- Dosatina1,825 people
- Aripara1,722 people
- Dhanchebaria1,709 people
- Bhetkakhali1,519 people
- Kamra1,500 people
- Shubhi1,481 people
- Bidira1,462 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheswarpur?1,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheswarpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheswarpur?88.1% (Census 2011)