# Meja Village, Mariahu, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mariahu, Jaunpur 

# Meja

Meja is a village in Mariahu sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,260 people in 200 households**, the 226th largest of 652 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,260people (2011)
- 200households
- 73.2%literacy
- 1,195females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meja

Of every 100 households in Meja in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Meja · ■ Mariahu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****94%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****16%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**20%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meja?

■ Meja · ■ Mariahu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1195**

**1065

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**922

Working population ****63.0%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 60.4% for women. 58% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (31%) · **■** Household industry 47 (6%) · **■** Other work 68 (9%) · **■** Marginal 243 (31%)

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 Mariahu

- Jarauta1,268 people
- Mahamadpur Patti Hulas1,265 people
- Lagdharpur1,262 people
- Newadhiya1,261 people
- Pasiyahi Kala1,258 people
- Mainpur1,247 people
- Baramdeva1,246 people
- Rajapur1,246 people

[All 682 villages in Mariahu](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/mariahu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meja?1,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meja in?Jaunpur district (Mariahu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meja?73.2% (Census 2011)