Village · Meerganj, Bareilly
# Meori Buzurg

Meori Buzurg is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 2,071 people in 331 households, the 70th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 19.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.
- 2,071 people (2011)
- 331 households
- 19.2% literacy
- 928 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meori Buzurg

Of every 100 households in Meori Buzurg in 2011, 1 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meori Buzurg · ■ Meerganj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 1% 13%
- Toilet within the home 65% 47%
- No toilet (open defecation) 35% 52%
- Tap water 0% 40%
- Drinking water within premises 94% 87%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 93%
- Use banking services 41% 70%
- Television 11% 24%
- Mobile phone 40% 53%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 35% 19%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Meori Buzurg?

■ Meori Buzurg · ■ Meerganj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 19.2% 52.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 928 884
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 910 917
- Working population 25.0% 29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 25.8% for men and 12.2% for women. 48% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 308 (59%) · ■ Farm labourers 93 (18%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 4 (1%) · ■ Marginal 112 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Meerganj
- Nausna 2,129 people
- Amaur 2,111 people
- Chanehta 2,080 people
- Thiria Kalyanpur 2,076 people
- Balpura 2,038 people
- Narkhera 2,027 people
- Bikrampur 2,018 people
- Nathpura 1,991 people

All 244 villages in Meerganj

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Meori Buzurg? 2,071 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meori Buzurg in? Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meori Buzurg? 19.2% (Census 2011)

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