# Narkhera Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Narkhera

Narkhera is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,027 people in 348 households**, the 72nd largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,027people (2011)
- 348households
- 54.2%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Narkhera

Of every 100 households in Narkhera in 2011, 5 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Narkhera · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**52%

Tap water ****98%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**70%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Narkhera?

■ Narkhera · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**917

Working population ****35.0%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 41.0% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 204 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (13%) · **■** Marginal 278 (39%)

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

- Chanehta2,080 people
- Thiria Kalyanpur2,076 people
- Meori Buzurg2,071 people
- Balpura2,038 people
- Bikrampur2,018 people
- Nathpura1,991 people
- Sukatia1,988 people
- Aurangabad1,972 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Narkhera?2,027 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Narkhera in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Narkhera?54.2% (Census 2011)