# Sahora Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/sahora/

Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Sahora

Sahora is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,934 people in 475 households**, the 38th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,934people (2011)
- 475households
- 46.8%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahora

Of every 100 households in Sahora in 2011, 11 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sahora · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**52%

Tap water ****93%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****72%**

**70%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sahora?

■ Sahora · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.8%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**917

Working population ****31.8%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.3% for men and 35.8% for women. 58% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 361 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 458 (49%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (8%) · **■** Marginal 34 (4%)

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

- Dauli Jawahar Lal2,996 people
- Sevajwalapur2,971 people
- Chandpur Kazi2,954 people
- Thiria Khetal2,939 people
- Tilmas2,932 people
- Mohammadganj Mustakil2,888 people
- Turasapatti2,883 people
- Paraura2,849 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahora?2,934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahora in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahora?46.8% (Census 2011)