Maheshpur
Belsand block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843316
· village code 219417
Population 2011
854
Census of India
Population 2020
1,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.4%
166 people · 2.0% a year
Households
221
+6.8% vs 207 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
854
Male / female
457 / 397
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
869
Children aged 0–6
180
Literacy rate
35.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
160 / 0
Working population
313
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
207
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
484
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
154
Non-farm households
67
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
163 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
163 / 119 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhandari panchayat, Belsand zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹19.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.91 lakh · received ₹6.54 lakh · spent ₹16.49 lakh · left ₹95,144
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.15 lakh · received ₹9.87 lakh · spent ₹17.62 lakh · left ₹40,590
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4324, 85.3957 —
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