About Maheshwarpur Village

Maheshwarpur 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 522, made up of 259 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.66 hectares hectares.

Maheshwarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshwarpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares)	52.66 hectares
Population	522
Male Population	259
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshwarpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshwarpur is the 158th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 52.66 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Maheshwarpur

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

Maheshwarpur 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 Maheshwarpur
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 Maheshwarpur

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 Maheshwarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshwarpur village had a population of 522. That makes it the 158th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Maheshwarpur village has 259 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshwarpur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Maheshwarpur covers 52.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Maheshwarpur 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshwarpur.

Maheshwarpur 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.

Maheshwarpur 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.