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About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 169 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 494333
Area (hectares) 223.53 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 169
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 102nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 223.53 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

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 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 57 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 44 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 Narharpur 17 km
Nearest town Kānker 30 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 44 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 57 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

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

Common questions about Maheshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshpur village had a population of 343. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Maheshpur village has 169 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 223.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Dhamtari, about 44 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 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 57 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 17 km away. Kānker is about 30 km away. Dhamtari is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murumtara (1.7 km), Dabbipani (2.5 km) and Jamgaon (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maheshpur today is likely to be higher.

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