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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Hardihan

Hardihan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,516 people in 414 households**, the 60th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,516people (2011)
- 414households
- 66.2%literacy
- 778females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hardihan

Of every 100 households in Hardihan in 2011, 33 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hardihan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****35%**

**73%

Television ****13%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Hardihan?

■ Hardihan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****778**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**912

Working population ****34.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 54.0% for women. 41% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 412 (48%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 147 (17%)

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

- Barsaita2,598 people
- Chilbila2,562 people
- Bijaura2,556 people
- Badhava2,531 people
- Salaiya Khurd2,511 people
- Misirpur2,480 people
- Akora2,473 people
- Achhola Uparhar2,466 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hardihan?2,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hardihan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Hardihan?66.2% (Census 2011)