title: Maheshmunda
text: # Maheshmunda
  
  Maheshmunda (mentioned as Mahesh Mundi in census records) is a census town in the Giridih CD block in the Giridih Sadar subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  Maheshmunda is located at 24°13′46″N 86°24′19″E﻿ / ﻿24.2294°N 86.4052°E﻿ / 24.2294; 86.4052.
  
  ### Area overview
  
  Giridih district is a part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, with rocky soil and extensive forests. Most of the rivers in the district flow from the west to east, except in the northern portion where the rivers flow north and north west. The Pareshnath Hill rises to a height of 4,479 feet (1,365 m). The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation.
  
  Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  According to the 2011 Census of India, Mahesh Mundi had a total population of 7,389, of which 3,845 (52%) were males and 3,544 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,297. The total number of literate persons in Mahesh Mundi was 4,318 (70.88% of the population over 6 years).
  
  ## Infrastructure
  
  According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Giridih, Mahesh Mundi covered an area of 0.93 $km^2.$ Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, hand pump, overhead tank. It had 1,241 domestic electric connections, 12 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, other education facilities at Giridih 4–5 km away. Among the important commodities it produced is coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.
  
  ## Transport
  
  Mahheshmunda Junction railway station, is on the Madhupur-Giridih-Koderma line.
  
  