Maheshpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India. History The area was earlier part of Maheshpur Raj. Geography Maheshpur, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located 28 km from Pakur, the district headquarters. A predominantly hilly area, Pakur district has pockets of plain land. A long but narrow stretch between the Farakka Feeder Canal, located outside the district, and the Sahibganj loop line is very fertile. The Littipara and Amrapara CD blocks are largely covered by the Rajmahal hills. The rest of the district is rolling uplands. The district, once famous for its forests, have lost all of it, except a few hill tops in the Damin-i-koh area. Maheshpur CD block is bounded by Hiranpur and Pakur CD blocks on the north, Murarai I and Nalhati I CD blocks in Birbhum district of West Bengal on the east, Pakuria CD block on the south, and Gopikandar CD block in Dumka district and Amrapara CD block on the west. Maheshpur CD block has an area of 450.99 km2.Maheshpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Maheshpur town. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshpur CD block had a total population of 208,862, all of which were rural . There were 104,984 (50%) males and 103,878 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 37,798. Scheduled Castes numbered 6,074 (2.91%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 102,467 (49.06%). In 2011 census Maheshpur (village) had a population of 5,797. Literacy census, the total number of literate persons in Maheshpur CD block was 89,537 (52.34% of the population over 6 years) out of which 52,616 (59%) were males and 36,931 (41%) were females. The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 18%. See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate Language and religion According to the District Census Handbook, Pakur, 2011 census, as of 2011, Santali was the mother-tongue of 286,300 persons forming 31.80% of the population of Pakur district, followed by Bengali 252,070 persons (27.99%) and Hindi 101,440 persons (11.27%). Speakers of other scheduled languages were almost non-existent. Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu has been declared as an additional official language. In 2001 census, Hindus constituted 55.48%, Muslims 25.87% and Christians 5.19% of the population