Maheshpur
Surajpur block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 432535
Population 2011
2,863
Census of India
Population 2020
3,049
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.5%
186 people · 0.7% a year
Households
699
+13.5% vs 616 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,863
Male / female
1,449 / 1,414
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
494
Literacy rate
46.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
237 / 1,034
Working population
1,468
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
616
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
295
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
415
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
547 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
547 / 100 / 42
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maheshpur panchayat, Surajpur 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
₹16.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.98 lakh
Received directly
₹1.09 lakh
Spent
₹23.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.67 lakh · received ₹4.79 lakh · spent ₹8.03 lakh · left ₹2.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.71 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹15.15 lakh · left ₹3.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 83.0633 —
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