About Maheswarpur Village

Maheswarpur is a mid sized village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,504, made up of 766 males and 738 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheswarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheswarpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Illambazar
Pincode	731214
Area (hectares)	370.15 hectares
Population	1,504
Male Population	766
Female Population	738
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheswarpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheswarpur is the 40th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 370.15 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Maheswarpur

Maheswarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maheswarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maheswarpur from other places

Maheswarpur lies about 14 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 11 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 Maheswarpur
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	11 km
Nearest railway station	Rampurhat Junction	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Illambazar	14 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	14 km

Villages closest to Maheswarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Illambazar 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 Maheswarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheswarpur village had a population of 1,504. That makes it the 40th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Maheswarpur village has 766 males and 738 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheswarpur has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Maheswarpur is 731214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheswarpur covers 370.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheswarpur falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maheswarpur is Rampurhat Junction, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maheswarpur.

Maheswarpur is about 14 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheswarpur is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampur Hat is about 11 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 11 km away. Illambazar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.