Maheshpur
Falka block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854114
· village code 224305
Population 2011
3,098
Census of India
Population 2020
3,522
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.7%
424 people · 1.4% a year
Households
749
+15.4% vs 649 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,098
Male / female
1,513 / 1,585
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,048
Children aged 0–6
739
Literacy rate
27.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5 / 0
Working population
1,327
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
649
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
388
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
46
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
112 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
112 / 102 / 17
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Govindpur panchayat, Falka 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
₹22.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.49 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.82 lakh · received ₹8.56 lakh · spent ₹14.29 lakh · left ₹1.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.47 lakh · received ₹12.93 lakh · spent ₹27.64 lakh · left ₹75,974
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 87.2787 —
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