Maheshpur
Kaliaganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733129
· village code 309993
Population 2011
2,181
Census of India
Population 2020
2,380
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.1%
199 people · 1.0% a year
Households
758
+55.6% vs 487 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,181
Male / female
1,108 / 1,073
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
282
Literacy rate
58.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,433 / 99
Working population
828
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
487
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
127
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
713
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 3 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bochadanga panchayat, Kaliaganj 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
₹48.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.06 crore
Received directly
₹5,977
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹50.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.12 lakh · received ₹43.46 lakh · spent ₹36.93 lakh · left ₹21.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.13 lakh · received ₹62.19 lakh · spent ₹66.22 lakh · left ₹29.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5928, 88.3454 —
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