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About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 269 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.39 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 25.39 hectares
Population 498
Male Population 269
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 333rd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 25.39 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Maheshpur

The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 18 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 9.6 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 Sakaldiha 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Kuchman Railway Station 9.6 km
Nearest town Saidpur 15 km
District headquarters Chandauli 18 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakaldiha 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 498. That makes it the 333rd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Maheshpur village has 269 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Maheshpur covers 25.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maheshpur falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Kuchman Railway Station, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Maheshpur is about 18 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Sakaldiha is about 8.6 km away. Kuchman Railway Station is about 9.6 km away. Saidpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maheshua (under 2 km), Lolpur (under 2 km) and Maharai (under 2 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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