# Parchai Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Parchai

Parchai is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,377 people in 326 households**, the 56th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,377people (2011)
- 326households
- 45.1%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parchai

Of every 100 households in Parchai in 2011, 19 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Parchai · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**93%

Use banking services ****90%**

**70%

Television ****54%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Parchai?

■ Parchai · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**917

Working population ****27.5%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 32.2% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 375 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 115 (18%)

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

- Sihaur2,517 people
- Mandanpur2,424 people
- Jam2,417 people
- Gugai2,379 people
- Paiga Nagri Urf Nagaria Bhagat2,332 people
- Nandgaon2,313 people
- Nagaria Sadat2,309 people
- Thiriakhurd2,275 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parchai?2,377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parchai in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parchai?45.1% (Census 2011)