# Meerakpur Village, Phulpur, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Allahabad 

# Meerakpur

Meerakpur is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,635 people in 256 households**, the 175th largest of 503 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,635people (2011)
- 256households
- 71.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerakpur

Of every 100 households in Meerakpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meerakpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**28%

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

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**79%

Tap water ****18%**

**15%

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

**24%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**75%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Meerakpur?

■ Meerakpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**904

Working population ****36.1%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 56.7% for women. 41% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 202 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (4%) · **■** Marginal 351 (59%)

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 Phulpur

- Chaq Afrad Urf Mubarakpur1,662 people
- Bhanewara1,660 people
- Umari1,646 people
- Hemapur1,639 people
- Jamua1,623 people
- Sihipur1,623 people
- Saraijeetrai Urf Pure Bhawa1,622 people
- Chaq Afzal Urf Poorelila1,619 people

[All 560 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerakpur?1,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerakpur in?Allahabad district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerakpur?71.2% (Census 2011)