About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Colgong tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 56 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 571 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Colgong
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	56
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	571
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 122nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Maheshpur

Maheshpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maheshpur from other places

Maheshpur lies about 39 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 6.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Maheshpur
Nearest railway station	Lakshmipur Bhorang	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Colgong	13 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	39 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Colgong tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Maheshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshpur village had a population of 88. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents.

Maheshpur village has 56 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 571 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Maheshpur covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 39 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 6.5 km away. Colgong is about 13 km away. Bhagalpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.