# Bhoj Purva Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Bhoj Purva

Bhoj Purva is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,636 people in 238 households**, the 114th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,636people (2011)
- 238households
- 60.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhoj Purva

Of every 100 households in Bhoj Purva in 2011, 42 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bhoj Purva · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****83%**

**73%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bhoj Purva?

■ Bhoj Purva · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**912

Working population ****44.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 45.7% for women. 49% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 234 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (9%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 98 (13%) · **■** Marginal 326 (44%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meja

- Madaraha1,674 people
- Sirokhar1,672 people
- Suhas1,669 people
- Jokahai1,668 people
- Gadurahi1,631 people
- Bihiyan Khurd1,619 people
- Dhadhuva1,592 people
- Baddiha1,582 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhoj Purva?1,636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhoj Purva in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhoj Purva?60.1% (Census 2011)