# Dakshin Maheshpur, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Maheshpur

Dakshin Maheshpur is a village in [Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/) sub-district of [Uttar Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **168 people in 36 households**, the 206th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 168people (2011)
- 36households
- 39.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Maheshpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Maheshpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****79%**

**6%

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

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Maheshpur?

■ Dakshin Maheshpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.7%**

**58.6%

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

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**955

Working population ****58.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.0% for men and 29.2% for women. 55% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (87%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Itahar

- Katabari193 people
- Naldanga191 people
- Tiarbati187 people
- Kashibati170 people
- Purba Sakodanga163 people
- Simuldanga151 people
- Garia138 people
- Baul122 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Maheshpur?168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Maheshpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Maheshpur?39.7% (Census 2011)