# Meerapur Village, Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar 

# Meerapur

Meerapur is a village in Sahawar sub-district of Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,457 people in 250 households**, the 70th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 1,457people (2011)
- 250households
- 54.6%literacy
- 810females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerapur

Of every 100 households in Meerapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meerapur · ■ Sahawar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**66%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****82%**

**53%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

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 · ■ Sahawar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****810**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****736**

**893

Working population ****34.7%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 41.0% for women. 51% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 338 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 162 (32%)

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 Sahawar

- Jaidhar1,537 people
- Shekhpur Narai1,480 people
- Neoli1,467 people
- Yadgar Pur1,467 people
- Deeppur1,454 people
- Alahdinpur1,443 people
- Rayon1,442 people
- Muhammadpur1,432 people

[All 180 villages in Sahawar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/sahawar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerapur?1,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerapur in?Kanshiram Nagar district (Sahawar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerapur?54.6% (Census 2011)