Maheshpur is a village in Barsoi mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 5,469 across 982 households. The village has a literacy rate of 18.2% and is located at coordinates 25.397°N, 87.597°E with PIN code 855102.
By population, Maheshpur ranks #5 of 231 villages in Barsoi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maheshpur is a village of 5,469 people in 982 households (Census 2011) in Barsoi block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 5th-largest of 231 villages in Barsoi block. Literacy is 18%, 17 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Katihar district centre, 11 km from Makhmalpur, the nearest town, 2 km from Mahiyarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855102, served by Barsoi post office; the LGD village code is 224976. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is AKHTARI KHATUN, and the village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 6,448 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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