About Maheshpur Village

Maheshpur is one of the larger villages in Kaliachak I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,250, made up of 6,309 males and 5,941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Kaliachak I
Pincode	732201
Area (hectares)	379.98 hectares
Population	12,250
Male Population	6,309
Female Population	5,941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Maheshpur is the 4th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 5,491 residents. Its 379.98 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 13 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Gazole, about 9.9 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	Gazole	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kaliachak I	13 km
District headquarters	Maldah	13 km
Nearest town	Malda	32 km

Villages closest to Maheshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaliachak I 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 12,250. That makes it the 4th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,491 residents.

Maheshpur village has 6,309 males and 5,941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Maheshpur is 732201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshpur covers 379.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maheshpur falls under Kaliachak I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maheshpur is Gazole, about 9.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maheshpur.

Maheshpur is about 13 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshpur is in Kaliachak I tehsil of Maldah district. Gazole is about 9.9 km away. Kaliachak I is about 13 km away. Maldah is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.