The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west.

The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven.

The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes."

According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshpur had a total population of 742, of which 389 (52%) were males and 353 (48%) were females.

The total number of literate persons in Maheshpur was 655 (66.16% of the population over 6 years).