Maheshpur
Korha block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854106
· village code 224357
Population 2011
3,379
Census of India
Population 2020
4,821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.7%
1,442 people · 4.0% a year
Households
876
+21.7% vs 720 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,379
Male / female
1,770 / 1,609
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
611
Literacy rate
48.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
126 / 98
Working population
1,318
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.1%
Households
720
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
275
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
492
Non-farm households
321
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
111 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 111 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maheshpur panchayat, Korha 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
₹53.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.40 lakh · received ₹3.02 lakh · spent ₹13.14 lakh · left ₹9.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.36 lakh · received ₹4.56 lakh · spent ₹14.24 lakh · left ₹24.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 87.3855 —
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