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{{Short description|Village in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
| official_name = Maheshwar
| native_name = মহেশ্বর
| native_name_lang = bn
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Dinhata I subdivision|Dinhata]]
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|26|2|46.66|N|89|29|29.84|E|display=inline,title}}
| established_title = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 736135
| area_code = 03581
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]
| website = {{URL|Coochbehar.gov.in/}}
| registration_plate = WB 64
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitai]]
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| population_total = 1393
| area_total_ha = 99.7
| government_type = Panchayat
| governing_body = Okrabari Gram Panchayat
| image_skyline = Baniyadaha River 1.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| image_caption = Baniyadaha River During Winter Season 2023.
}}

'''Maheshwar''' (Bengali: মহেশ্বর) is a village of [[Dinhata I|Dinhata-I]] [[Community Development Block in India|CD block]], [[Dinhata subdivision|Dinhata sub-division]] in [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]] district of [[West Bengal]], a state of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nu9Dw_8zqTkC&q=Maheswar,+Koch+Bihar |title=Census of India, 1991: Kochbihar |publisher=Controller, Government Print., West Bengal |year=1997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Villages of Cooch Behar |url=http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/Block_Villages.html#dht1_vill |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802190411/http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/Block_Villages.html#dht1_vill |archive-date=2 August 2020 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Coochbehar.nic.in}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Maheshwar had a total population of 1393, of which 745 (53%) were males and 648 (47%) were females. The population in the age range 0–6 years of age was 193. The total number of literate persons in Maheshwar is 878 (63%). The village consists of 311 households families.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009003433/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/DDW_PCA1903_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |archive-url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/DDW_PCA1903_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |archive-date=9 October 2015 |access-date=11 March 2017 |website=West Bengal – District-wise |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maheshwar Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/308575-maheshwar-west-bengal.html |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population and House Data
!Particulars
!Total
!Male
!Female
|-
|Total no. of houses
|'''331'''
| -
| -
|-
|Population
|'''1,393'''
|745
|648
|-
|Child (0–6)
|'''193'''
|116
|77
|-
|Literacy Rate
|'''73.17%'''
| 79.81%
| 65.85%
|}

==Transport==
The village is 15 km away from city [[Dinhata]]. And nearly 40 km away from district headquarter of [[Cooch Behar district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook Koch Bihar, Series 20 Part XII A, Census of India 2011 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114094712/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2016 |access-date=11 March 2017 |website=Page 423: Map of Dinhata-I CD Block |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations 2011}}</ref>

==Education==
There is only two educational institute for Primary Education.
# Maheswar 5th Plan Primary School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maheswar 5th Plan Primary School |url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19030113301 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Banglar Shiksha}}</ref>
# Maheswar Shishu Shiksha Kendra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maheswar Shishu Shiksha Kendra |url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19030113302 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Banglar Shiksha}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Gitaldaha]]
* [[Andaranfulbari]]
* [[Bamanhat]]
* [[Gobra Chhara Nayarhat]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Cooch Behar District}}

[[Category:Villages in Cooch Behar district]]

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