# Meruwa Village, Bilhaur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bilhaur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Meruwa

Meruwa is a village in Bilhaur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 232 households**, the 149th largest of 352 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 232households
- 75.0%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meruwa

Of every 100 households in Meruwa in 2011, 16 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Meruwa · ■ Bilhaur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**21%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****96%**

**73%

Television ****32%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meruwa?

■ Meruwa · ■ Bilhaur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**881

Working population ****32.9%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 65.8% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (37%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (14%) · **■** Marginal 70 (19%)

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 Bilhaur

- Garhewa1,154 people
- Dalelpur1,151 people
- Akbarpur Senga1,140 people
- Bahrampur1,136 people
- Baruva Kalan1,120 people
- Gadanpur Ahar1,115 people
- Salempur Bilhaur1,102 people
- Daha Roodrapur1,096 people

[All 405 villages in Bilhaur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/bilhaur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meruwa?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meruwa in?Kanpur Nagar district (Bilhaur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meruwa?75.0% (Census 2011)