# Meerpur Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **943 people in 121 households**, the 216th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 943people (2011)
- 121households
- 64.1%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**82%

Tap water ****35%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**48%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**80%

Television ****33%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****646**

**904

Working population ****23.3%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 52.3% for women. 43% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (5%) · **■** Marginal 107 (49%)

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 Khajni

- Gidahi948 people
- Sarbasi946 people
- Gopalpur945 people
- Matilwar943 people
- Darwa Chatur934 people
- Sahulakhor933 people
- Chaitara930 people
- Lakhanpur928 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?64.1% (Census 2011)