# Merukpur Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Merukpur

Merukpur is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **245 people in 33 households**, the 248th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 245people (2011)
- 33households
- 79.2%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Merukpur

Of every 100 households in Merukpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Merukpur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**44%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**81%

Television ****46%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Merukpur?

■ Merukpur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

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

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**916

Working population ****47.8%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 67.3% for women. 47% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 19 (16%) · **■** Marginal 67 (57%)

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 Mehnagar

- Mainipur268 people
- Basarikpur251 people
- Tilsanwa249 people
- Haridaspur245 people
- Majith Durjan244 people
- Chaimalpah239 people
- Nagamalpur238 people
- Gobardhanpur232 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Merukpur?245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merukpur in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Merukpur?79.2% (Census 2011)