# Balpura Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Balpura

Balpura is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,038 people in 337 households**, the 71st largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,038people (2011)
- 337households
- 51.3%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balpura

Of every 100 households in Balpura in 2011, 25 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balpura · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**52%

Tap water ****32%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**93%

Use banking services ****60%**

**70%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Balpura?

■ Balpura · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**917

Working population ****27.5%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 41.6% for women. 45% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 144 (26%) · **■** Marginal 238 (42%)

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

- Amaur2,111 people
- Chanehta2,080 people
- Thiria Kalyanpur2,076 people
- Meori Buzurg2,071 people
- Narkhera2,027 people
- Bikrampur2,018 people
- Nathpura1,991 people
- Sukatia1,988 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balpura?2,038 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balpura in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balpura?51.3% (Census 2011)