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About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Chakulia tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 16 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 562 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chakulia
Area (hectares) 107 hectares
Population 25
Male Population 16
Female Population 9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 562
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 424 residents. Its 107 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 983.

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 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Luyagan, Machadiha, Machkandna and Madhuasholi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 25. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 424 residents.

Maheshpur village has 16 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 562 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Maheshpur covers 107 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maheshpur falls under Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Maheshpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is in Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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