Maheswarpuri
Raninagar-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742302
· village code 314768
Population 2011
1,029
Census of India
Population 2020
1,120
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
91 people · 0.9% a year
Households
281
+19.6% vs 235 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,029
Male / female
542 / 487
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
905 / 0
Working population
333
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.5%
Households
235
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
110
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
41
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
44 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 44 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paharpur panchayat, Raninagar-I 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
₹47.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.03 crore
Received directly
₹44,291
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.38 lakh · received ₹42.19 lakh · spent ₹33.04 lakh · left ₹14.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.23 lakh · received ₹60.37 lakh · spent ₹69.30 lakh · left ₹33.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 88.4176 —
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