About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 699 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.14 hectares hectares.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares)	176.14 hectares
Population	1,336
Male Population	699
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
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 74th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 176.14 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

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 Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Rishra Railway Station, about under 2 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	Rishra Railway Station	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rishra	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polba Dadpur	20 km
District headquarters	Hugli	20 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 1,336. That makes it the 74th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Maheshpur village has 699 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Maheshpur covers 176.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maheshpur falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Rishra Railway Station, about under 2 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 Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Rishra Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Rishra is about under 2 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.