# Garetha Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Garetha

Garetha is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,543 people in 226 households**, the 122nd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,543people (2011)
- 226households
- 80.2%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garetha

Of every 100 households in Garetha in 2011, 37 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garetha · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****35%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****84%**

**73%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Garetha?

■ Garetha · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**912

Working population ****58.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 66.6% for women. 58% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 191 (21%) · **■** Marginal 698 (77%)

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

- Baddiha1,582 people
- Panti1,568 people
- Bhaiya1,551 people
- Marar1,551 people
- Kaneda Uparhar1,517 people
- Andhi1,507 people
- Sauswa Narottam1,499 people
- Devhatta Uparhar1,498 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garetha?1,543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garetha in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Garetha?80.2% (Census 2011)