# Ballia Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Ballia

Ballia is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,279 people in 555 households**, the 27th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 3,279people (2011)
- 555households
- 59.8%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballia

Of every 100 households in Ballia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ballia · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**52%

Tap water ****19%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**93%

Use banking services ****93%**

**70%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ballia?

■ Ballia · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**917

Working population ****24.5%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 45.1% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 182 (23%) · **■** Marginal 253 (32%)

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 Meerganj

- Haldikalan3,512 people
- Kulchha3,465 people
- Simaria3,369 people
- Marhauli3,294 people
- Hurhuri3,279 people
- Mankara3,276 people
- Bunchi3,165 people
- Bitham Naugawan3,156 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballia?3,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballia in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ballia?59.8% (Census 2011)