# Merhiya Shukul Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Merhiya Shukul

Merhiya Shukul is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **675 people in 107 households**, the 477th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 675people (2011)
- 107households
- 70.2%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Merhiya Shukul

Of every 100 households in Merhiya Shukul in 2011, 30 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Merhiya Shukul · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**87%

Tap water ****98%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****98%**

**91%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

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 Merhiya Shukul?

■ Merhiya Shukul · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**928

Working population ****25.2%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 57.8% for women. 37% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (5%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 13 (8%) · **■** Marginal 121 (71%)

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 Harraiya

- Kanona681 people
- Hiyarupur677 people
- Patipur676 people
- Sukrauli Pande676 people
- Dharam Nagar674 people
- Seema671 people
- Sirauli Babu670 people
- Payakpur669 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Merhiya Shukul?675 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merhiya Shukul in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Merhiya Shukul?70.2% (Census 2011)