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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,181 people in 487 households**, the 24th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,181people (2011)
- 487households
- 66.9%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Maheshpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maheshpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

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 Maheshpur?

■ Maheshpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**969

Working population ****38.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 60.9% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 352 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 391 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 50 (6%) · **■** Marginal 34 (4%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Bhuinhara2,372 people
- Puria2,289 people
- Atghara2,232 people
- Tilgaon2,222 people
- Bheur2,130 people
- Faridpur2,070 people
- Atia1,991 people
- Purba Goalgaon1,977 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshpur?2,181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshpur?66.9% (Census 2011)