# Meerpur Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **985 people in 177 households**, the 201st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 985people (2011)
- 177households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,244females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**52%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**78%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**6%

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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1244**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**918

Working population ****26.9%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 58.2% for women. 43% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 91 (34%) · **■** Marginal 104 (39%)

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 Nizamabad

- Gauspur1,012 people
- Dubaki1,001 people
- Dhannipur Bihav991 people
- Ahiripur988 people
- Shekhpur Husam977 people
- Korauli Bujurg976 people
- Dasu Patti974 people
- Gangapur Bijaura972 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?65.8% (Census 2011)