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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Jera

Jera is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,254 people in 281 households**, the 77th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,254people (2011)
- 281households
- 79.2%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jera

Of every 100 households in Jera in 2011, 29 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jera · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**73%

Television ****40%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Jera?

■ Jera · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**912

Working population ****23.2%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 63.8% for women. 36% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 208 (40%) · **■** Marginal 166 (32%)

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

- Merara2,323 people
- Sirhir2,316 people
- Isawta2,303 people
- Dari2,262 people
- Tendua Kalan2,247 people
- Bisahijan Kala2,237 people
- Patti Nath Rai2,210 people
- Badhora Ghawasan2,171 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jera?2,254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jera in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jera?79.2% (Census 2011)