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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Payagpur

Payagpur is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,357 people in 305 households**, the 69th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,357people (2011)
- 305households
- 74.8%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payagpur

Of every 100 households in Payagpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Payagpur · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

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

**22%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****98%**

**73%

Television ****36%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**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 Payagpur?

■ Payagpur · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**912

Working population ****22.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 58.4% for women. 38% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (22%) · **■** Marginal 311 (60%)

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

- Lutar2,434 people
- Kotaha2,416 people
- Sujani Samodha2,381 people
- Shahpur Kala2,374 people
- Bedauri Tappa Manda2,350 people
- Samogara2,331 people
- Chaukiha2,327 people
- Merara2,323 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payagpur?2,357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payagpur in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Payagpur?74.8% (Census 2011)