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About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Biswan tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,433, made up of 800 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.9 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Biswan
Area (hectares) 332.9 hectares
Population 1,433
Male Population 800
Female Population 633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 791
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 183rd largest of the 339 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents. Its 332.9 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 889.

Getting to Maheshpur

Maheshpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maheshpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 20 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Barai Jalalpur, about 4.6 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
Nearest railway station Barai Jalalpur 4.6 km
Nearest town Khairābād 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Biswan 16 km
District headquarters Sitapur 20 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Biswan 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 1,433. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 339 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents.

Maheshpur village has 800 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Maheshpur covers 332.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheshpur falls under Biswan tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Barai Jalalpur, about 4.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 20 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Biswan tehsil of Sitapur district. Barai Jalalpur is about 4.6 km away. Khairābād is about 12 km away. Biswan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanpur (1.6 km), Bhithauli (2.0 km) and Barchata (3.3 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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