# Meerpur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **776 people in 108 households**, the 264th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 776people (2011)
- 108households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,080females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**82%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****729**

**912

Working population ****40.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 63.4% for women. 38% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 100 (32%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 182 (58%)

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 Kerakat

- Bantari801 people
- Umari790 people
- Chakpali779 people
- Parsauri778 people
- Suchitpur774 people
- Lurkhuri762 people
- Bela757 people
- Barauti756 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?75.6% (Census 2011)