# Mekh Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Mekh

Mekh is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,045 people in 139 households**, the 271st largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 1,045people (2011)
- 139households
- 79.5%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mekh

Of every 100 households in Mekh in 2011, 30 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mekh · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**79%

Television ****30%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**12%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**12%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Mekh?

■ Mekh · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**928

Working population ****25.5%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 67.5% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (11%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Mohammadabad

- Fakhrabad1,050 people
- Lakhmipur1,050 people
- Chhattarpur1,048 people
- Murera Buzurg1,047 people
- Parsu Pur1,044 people
- Mubarakhpur1,043 people
- Nasirpur Gandhpa1,042 people
- Bhikhampur Amhat1,039 people

[All 1,134 villages in Mohammadabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/mohammadabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mekh?1,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mekh in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mekh?79.5% (Census 2011)