# Meerpur Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nawabganj, Bara Banki 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Nawabganj sub-district of Bara Banki district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **861 people in 132 households**, the 303rd largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 861people (2011)
- 132households
- 65.8%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**83%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**50%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****98%**

**78%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

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

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****753**

**935

Working population ****64.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 53.2% for women. 63% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (13%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 335 (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 Nawabganj

- Atvatmau888 people
- Konagaon887 people
- Bada Pur863 people
- Salempur863 people
- Safedabad819 people
- Saraiya805 people
- Behta Chak801 people
- Rasool Pur800 people

[All 388 villages in Nawabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bara-banki/nawabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Bara Banki district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?65.8% (Census 2011)