About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 295 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, 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	Balrampur
Pincode	497107
Area (hectares)	351.57 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	295
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 83rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 351.57 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

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 5 - 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 65 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 64 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
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	64 km
District headquarters	Surguja	65 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	65 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balrampur 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 587. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Maheshpur village has 295 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 351.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Barwadih Junction, about 64 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 65 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 Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 6.9 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 64 km away. Surguja is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.