About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 248 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Jagdishpur
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	248
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
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 125th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

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 129 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Haiaghat, about 11 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	Haiaghat	11 km
Nearest town	Benipur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdishpur	21 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	129 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagdishpur 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 462. That makes it the 125th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Maheshpur village has 248 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Maheshpur covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maheshpur falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Haiaghat, about 11 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 129 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 Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Haiaghat is about 11 km away. Benipur is about 17 km away. Jagdishpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.