Mahespur is a village in Dandkhora mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 2,648 across 575 households. The village has a literacy rate of 47.7% and is located at coordinates 25.591°N, 87.888°E.
By population, Mahespur ranks #8 of 50 villages in Dandkhora mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahespur is a village of 2,648 people in 575 households (Census 2011) in Dandkhora block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 50 villages in Dandkhora block. Literacy is 48%, 1 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Katihar district centre, 4 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, 2 km from Bhawanipur Bihar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855114, served by Sonali post office; the LGD village code is 225473. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Salmari, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MALA KAMAL, and the village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 2,364 in 2026, down 11% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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