About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Premnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,755, made up of 885 males and 870 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, 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	Premnagar
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	403.09 hectares
Population	1,755
Male Population	885
Female Population	870
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 10th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 403.09 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 998.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Premnagar	32 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 Premnagar 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 1,755. That makes it the 10th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Maheshpur village has 885 males and 870 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 403.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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