About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,632, made up of 909 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.51 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Sikandra
Area (hectares)	601.51 hectares
Population	1,632
Male Population	909
Female Population	723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
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 the 57th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 601.51 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maheshpur from other places

Maheshpur lies about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 27 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	Sikandra	5.6 km
Nearest town	Auraiya	16 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	27 km
Nearest railway station	Chaunrah	27 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra 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 1,632. That makes it the 57th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Maheshpur village has 909 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Maheshpur covers 601.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheshpur falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Chaunrah, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 5.6 km away. Auraiya is about 16 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.