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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Merara

Merara is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,323 people in 333 households**, the 73rd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,323people (2011)
- 333households
- 67.6%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Merara

Of every 100 households in Merara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Merara · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**22%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****85%**

**73%

Television ****21%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Merara?

■ Merara · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**912

Working population ****28.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 52.0% for women. 40% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 125 (19%) · **■** Marginal 392 (58%)

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

- Payagpur2,357 people
- Bedauri Tappa Manda2,350 people
- Samogara2,331 people
- Chaukiha2,327 people
- Sirhir2,316 people
- Isawta2,303 people
- Dari2,262 people
- Jera2,254 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Merara?2,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merara in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Merara?67.6% (Census 2011)