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

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Jam

Jam is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,417 people in 405 households**, the 54th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,417people (2011)
- 405households
- 58.9%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jam

Of every 100 households in Jam in 2011, 6 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jam · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**52%

Tap water ****91%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****87%**

**70%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jam?

■ Jam · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**917

Working population ****26.5%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 45.0% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 336 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (9%) · **■** Marginal 197 (31%)

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

- Gahabara2,549 people
- Gora Loknathpur Mustakil2,544 people
- Sihaur2,517 people
- Mandanpur2,424 people
- Gugai2,379 people
- Parchai2,377 people
- Paiga Nagri Urf Nagaria Bhagat2,332 people
- Nandgaon2,313 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jam?2,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jam in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jam?58.9% (Census 2011)