Maheshtala (Bengali: [mɔɦeːʃt̪ɔlɑː]) is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[3] Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district.

The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.

Rameswarpur, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur and Asuti form a cluster of census towns on the southern side of Maheshtala, as per the map of the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block on the page number 153 in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district.

It had a population density of 10,148 inhabitants per square kilometre (26,280/sq mi) with a sex ratio of 952 females for every 1000 males.

[11] According to the 2011 Census of India, 57.95% of the population is Hindu, 41.11% Muslim, 0.31% Christian, 0.12% Sikh, 0.27% Buddhist and 0.02% Jain.