# Meerapur Village, Shikarpur, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikarpur, Bulandshahr 

# Meerapur

Meerapur is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **867 people in 149 households**, the 139th largest of 173 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 867people (2011)
- 149households
- 78.4%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerapur

Of every 100 households in Meerapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Meerapur · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**74%

Tap water ****95%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**72%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****64%**

**70%

Television ****44%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Meerapur?

■ Meerapur · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****747**

**846

Working population ****27.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 65.0% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 114 (48%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Shikarpur

- Jamalpur951 people
- Dalelgarhi913 people
- Jalphi872 people
- Ranau Raham Alipur869 people
- Nagaliya Lachhamanpur864 people
- Badrampur859 people
- Ludhpura859 people
- Rasulpur Nagla Bichat822 people

[All 182 villages in Shikarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/shikarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerapur?867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerapur in?Bulandshahr district (Shikarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerapur?78.4% (Census 2011)