Maheshpur, Pakur
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Maheshpur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Maheshpur Location in Jharkhand, India  Maheshpur Maheshpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°28′33″N 87°45′42″E / 24.475833°N 87.761667°E | |
| Country |  India 24.475833,87.761667 |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Pakur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,797 |
| Languages (*For language details see Maheshpur block#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 816106 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06423 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 16 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Maheshpur |
| Website | pakur |
Maheshpur is a village in the Maheshpur CD block in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Location
9.9miles
Damin Bazar
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious/ tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Maheshpur is located at 24°28′37″N 87°45′42″E / 24.476833°N 87.761667°E.
Maheshpur has an area of 201 hectares (500 acres).[1]
Overview
The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshpur had a total population of 5,797, of which 3,019 (52%) were males and 2,778 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 832. The total number of literate persons in Maheshpur was 3,790 (76.33% of the population over 6 years).[1]
