# Uttar Maheshpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Uttar Maheshpur

Uttar Maheshpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **944 people in 214 households**, the 116th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 944people (2011)
- 214households
- 57.5%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Maheshpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Maheshpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Uttar Maheshpur?

■ Uttar Maheshpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**955

Working population ****45.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 52.5% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (58%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 80 (19%)

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

- Gatlu974 people
- Purushattambari968 people
- Srimantapur958 people
- Paschim Saiyadpur950 people
- Sadapur937 people
- Dharanda927 people
- Ranapur927 people
- Aminhat916 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Maheshpur?944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Maheshpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Maheshpur?57.5% (Census 2011)