# Meerpur Village, Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Dhanaura sub-district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **881 people in 139 households**, the 140th largest of 288 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 881people (2011)
- 139households
- 76.0%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**60%

Tap water ****51%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****96%**

**80%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**14%

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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**875

Working population ****25.7%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 63.2% for women. 47% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (8%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Dhanaura

- Barampur919 people
- Gadde Khera908 people
- Chheetra905 people
- Allipur Kalan896 people
- Meethanpur872 people
- Musallepur869 people
- Nekpur857 people
- Fakharpur855 people

[All 339 villages in Dhanaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jyotiba-phule-nagar/dhanaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Jyotiba Phule Nagar district (Dhanaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?76.0% (Census 2011)