# Maheshpur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,274 people in 536 households**, the 65th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 2,274people (2011)
- 536households
- 89.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****68%**

**45%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**36%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**965

Working population ****35.7%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 84.7% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 207 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (32%) · **■** Other work 100 (12%) · **■** Marginal 242 (30%)

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 Patharpratima

- Bhagabatpur2,355 people
- Kamdebnagar2,346 people
- Rajrajeshwaripur2,338 people
- Paschim Sridharpur2,310 people
- Piprakhali2,274 people
- Mahendra Nagar2,192 people
- Gurudaspur2,183 people
- Chintamanipur2,098 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?2,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?89.4% (Census 2011)