# Bilsa Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Bilsa

Bilsa is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 213 households**, the 117th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 213households
- 43.6%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bilsa

Of every 100 households in Bilsa in 2011, 20 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bilsa · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**52%

Tap water ****92%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**87%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**70%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Bilsa?

■ Bilsa · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.6%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**917

Working population ****24.3%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.0% for men and 36.4% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 46 (14%)

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

- Bujhia Jagir1,407 people
- Bahadurpur1,386 people
- Labhera Durga Prasad1,379 people
- Khajuria1,378 people
- Pachtaur1,347 people
- Bahadurpur1,344 people
- Gohana1,342 people
- Biharipur1,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bilsa?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilsa in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bilsa?43.6% (Census 2011)