About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Ambikapur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 255 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ambikapur
Pincode	497001
Area (hectares)	379.54 hectares
Population	528
Male Population	255
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents. Its 379.54 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Maheshpur

Maheshpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 31 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	Ambikapur	31 km
District headquarters	Surguja	32 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	32 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambikapur 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 528. That makes it the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents.

Maheshpur village has 255 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 497001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 379.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Ambikapur, about 31 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 32 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district. Ambikapur is about 31 km away. Surguja is about 32 km away. Ambikāpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.