# Maheshpur Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **970 people in 216 households**, the 63rd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 970people (2011)
- 216households
- 84.5%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**34%

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

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**28%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**960

Working population ****45.6%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 76.5% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 170 (38%) · **■** Other work 136 (31%) · **■** Marginal 112 (25%)

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 Mandirbazar

- Gopalpur1,012 people
- Muraripur997 people
- Khelarampur988 people
- Chak Ghateshwar982 people
- Bade Muldia962 people
- Chotta Ramkrishnapur935 people
- Chaitanyapur886 people
- Khordda Mahadebpur885 people

[All 110 villages in Mandirbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mandirbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?970 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?84.5% (Census 2011)