About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 193 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.1 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	20.1 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	193
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 161st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 20.1 hectares work out to about 18 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 933.

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 32 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 4.2 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 Maheshpur
Nearest railway station	Azamnagar Road	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	6.2 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	25 km
District headquarters	Katihar	32 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Azamnagar 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 363. That makes it the 161st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Maheshpur village has 193 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Maheshpur covers 20.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maheshpur falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Azamnagar Road, about 4.2 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 32 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about 4.2 km away. Azamnagar is about 6.2 km away. Rāiganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.