# Barahara Meer Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Barahara Meer

Barahara Meer is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,783 people in 472 households**, the 144th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,783people (2011)
- 472households
- 60.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barahara Meer

Of every 100 households in Barahara Meer in 2011, 2 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barahara Meer · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**19%

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

**80%

Tap water ****21%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**46%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**84%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barahara Meer?

■ Barahara Meer · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**928

Working population ****38.6%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 49.8% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 343 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (16%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (8%) · **■** Marginal 468 (44%)

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 Maharajganj

- Kotamukundpur2,843 people
- Mangalpur Pathkauli2,838 people
- Laxmipur2,836 people
- Sohasabanspar2,810 people
- Khajuria2,768 people
- Bishunpur Gabarua2,761 people
- Panch Rukhia2,736 people
- Harakhpura2,730 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barahara Meer?2,783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahara Meer in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barahara Meer?60.5% (Census 2011)