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About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Tarabganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,588, made up of 833 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.8 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Tarabganj
Area (hectares) 605.8 hectares
Population 1,588
Male Population 833
Female Population 755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 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 171st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents. Its 605.8 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Maheshpur

The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 30 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Tikri, about 5.7 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 Tikri 5.7 km
Nearest town Ayodhya 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarabganj 22 km
District headquarters Gonda 30 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tarabganj 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 1,588. That makes it the 171st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents.

Maheshpur village has 833 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Maheshpur covers 605.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheshpur falls under Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Tikri, about 5.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 30 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district. Tikri is about 5.7 km away. Ayodhya is about 21 km away. Tarabganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardwa (under 2 km), Surjapur (2.2 km) and Sikandarpur (2.5 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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