Maheshpur
Ambikapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 433027
Population 2011
528
Census of India
Population 2020
752
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.4%
224 people · 4.0% a year
Households
155
+14.0% vs 136 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
528
Male / female
255 / 273
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,071
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
38.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 514
Working population
272
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
136
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
32
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
254 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
254 / 44 / 62
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tihpatra panchayat, Ambikapur 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
₹2.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.35 lakh · received ₹2.18 lakh · spent ₹2.05 lakh · left ₹1.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.54 lakh · received ₹3.48 lakh · spent ₹3.14 lakh · left ₹1.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0901, 82.1570 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Surguja district ·
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staffing across Surguja ·
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