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

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Parasa Meer

Parasa Meer is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,252 people in 540 households**, the 104th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 3,252people (2011)
- 540households
- 65.5%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parasa Meer

Of every 100 households in Parasa Meer in 2011, 21 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parasa Meer · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**19%

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

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**80%

Tap water ****58%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**46%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****65%**

**84%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Parasa Meer?

■ Parasa Meer · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**928

Working population ****39.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 49.2% for women. 45% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 117 (9%) · **■** Marginal 967 (76%)

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

- Bhatgawa Urf Tarakulawa3,328 people
- Baragadahi Basantnath3,326 people
- Basdila3,321 people
- Anarutia3,283 people
- Kasmaria3,244 people
- Harakhi3,242 people
- Madhonagar3,205 people
- Belawa3,197 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parasa Meer?3,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parasa Meer in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parasa Meer?65.5% (Census 2011)