# Meer Pur Village, Burhanpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Burhanpur, Azamgarh 

# Meer Pur

Meer Pur is a village in Burhanpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,441 people in 223 households**, the 100th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,441people (2011)
- 223households
- 77.9%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meer Pur

Of every 100 households in Meer Pur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meer Pur · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**42%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**85%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Meer Pur?

■ Meer Pur · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**1036

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**920

Working population ****29.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 65.7% for women. 44% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 184 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 71 (17%) · **■** Marginal 154 (37%)

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 Burhanpur

- Nandana1,476 people
- Dingurpur1,472 people
- Selhra Patti1,468 people
- Chhatauna1,451 people
- Chhatauna1,430 people
- Bhairodaspur1,400 people
- Khiridih1,399 people
- Ekdangi1,394 people

[All 489 villages in Burhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/burhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meer Pur?1,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meer Pur in?Azamgarh district (Burhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meer Pur?77.9% (Census 2011)