# Meerpur Khas Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Meerpur Khas

Meerpur Khas is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **614 people in 99 households**, the 356th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 614people (2011)
- 99households
- 66.9%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur Khas

Of every 100 households in Meerpur Khas in 2011, 39 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meerpur Khas · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**85%

Tap water ****99%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**84%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Khas?

■ Meerpur Khas · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****639**

**924

Working population ****23.5%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 57.0% for women. 39% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (24%) · **■** Marginal 11 (8%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Sonhara626 people
- Kadanpur625 people
- Babupur618 people
- Ahamadpur614 people
- Barahata601 people
- Pura Harasu599 people
- Newada598 people
- Naharmau Ta.Himmat Nagar596 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur Khas?614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur Khas in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur Khas?66.9% (Census 2011)