# Meerapur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Meerapur

Meerapur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,938 people in 303 households**, the 113th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,938people (2011)
- 303households
- 69.2%literacy
- 1,068females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerapur

Of every 100 households in Meerapur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Meerapur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**80%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**6%

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 Meerapur?

■ Meerapur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**920

Working population ****27.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 56.1% for women. 38% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 125 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (30%) · **■** Other work 46 (9%) · **■** Marginal 197 (37%)

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 Shahganj

- Tikari Khurd1,957 people
- Barauna1,947 people
- Gulalpur1,945 people
- Nagahti1,945 people
- Khajura1,930 people
- Dhiraolli Nankar1,908 people
- Sindhai1,903 people
- Atardeeha1,896 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerapur?1,938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerapur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerapur?69.2% (Census 2011)