About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 299 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 686 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	387 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	299
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	686
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
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 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 387 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Maheshpur

Maheshpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 108 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kechki, about 26 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	Kechki	26 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	34 km
District headquarters	Gumla	108 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chainpur 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 504. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Maheshpur village has 299 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 686 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 387 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Kechki, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 108 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Kechki is about 26 km away. Lātehār is about 31 km away. Chainpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.