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

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Meghpur

Meghpur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,640 people in 223 households**, the 147th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,640people (2011)
- 223households
- 78.2%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meghpur

Of every 100 households in Meghpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Meghpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 Meghpur?

■ Meghpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**912

Working population ****25.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 63.4% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 260 (62%) · **■** Marginal 27 (6%)

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

- Sultanpur1,682 people
- Chhatari1,651 people
- Ataharpar1,643 people
- Koilari1,642 people
- Chhitauna1,619 people
- Kundi1,619 people
- Ailia1,607 people
- Saraiya1,596 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meghpur?1,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghpur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meghpur?78.2% (Census 2011)