Maheshpur

Nandigram-I block · Medinipur East district, West Bengal · PIN 721631 · village code 345837

Population 2011

1,514

Census of India

Population 2020

1,602

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.8%

88 people · 0.6% a year

Households

312

+7.6% vs 290 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,514

Male / female

794 / 720

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

907

Children aged 0–6

156

Literacy rate

82.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,062 / 0

Working population

504

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

68.7%

Households

290

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

265

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

86%

Net sown area

80 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

80 / 40 / 4

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gokulnagar panchayat, Nandigram-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

₹49.63 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹74.44 lakh

Received directly

₹13.97 lakh

Spent

₹64.74 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹73.30 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.10 lakh · received ₹30.59 lakh · spent ₹39.53 lakh · left ₹17.12 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹37.53 lakh · received ₹43.85 lakh · spent ₹25.20 lakh · left ₹56.18 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.2915, 87.9131 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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