About Maheshi Village

Maheshi is one of the larger villages in Sultanganj tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,838, made up of 3,113 males and 2,725 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415 hectares hectares.

Maheshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sultanganj
Area (hectares)	415 hectares
Population	5,838
Male Population	3,113
Female Population	2,725
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Maheshi compares

By the 2011 count Maheshi is the 7th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 415 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Maheshi

Maheshi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Maheshi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maheshi from other places

Maheshi lies about 42 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahes Khunt, about under 2 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 Maheshi
Nearest railway station	Mahes Khunt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Gogri Jamālpur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sultanganj	27 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	42 km

Villages closest to Maheshi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanganj 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 Maheshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshi village had a population of 5,838. That makes it the 7th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Maheshi village has 3,113 males and 2,725 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshi has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Maheshi covers 415 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maheshi falls under Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maheshi is Mahes Khunt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Maheshi is about 42 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshi is in Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Mahes Khunt is about under 2 km away. Gogri Jamālpur is about 6.5 km away. Sultanganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.