# Khirka Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Khirka

Khirka is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 232 households**, the 136th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 232households
- 61.4%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khirka

Of every 100 households in Khirka in 2011, 27 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khirka · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**52%

Tap water ****3%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**70%

Television ****45%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Khirka?

■ Khirka · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**917

Working population ****26.8%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 51.4% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (19%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 58 (17%)

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

- Keserpur1,267 people
- Ballia1,266 people
- Bagrau1,265 people
- Lalpur1,265 people
- Ras1,247 people
- Unasi1,243 people
- Rafiabad1,226 people
- Sahasa1,186 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khirka?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khirka in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Khirka?61.4% (Census 2011)