Village · Chunar, Mirzapur
# Maripa

Maripa is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,497 people in 228 households, the 149th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.
- 1,497 people (2011)
- 228 households
- 57.8% literacy
- 947 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maripa

Of every 100 households in Maripa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maripa · ■ Chunar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 36%
- Toilet within the home 0% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 72%
- Tap water 1% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 91%
- Use banking services 42% 73%
- Television 26% 41%
- Mobile phone 70% 60%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 16% 17%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 8%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Maripa?

■ Maripa · ■ Chunar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 57.8% 70.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 947 916
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1007 902
- Working population 48.5% 36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 49.2% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 164 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 309 (43%) · ■ Household industry 14 (2%) · ■ Other work 11 (2%) · ■ Marginal 228 (31%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chunar
- Bagheri 1,514 people
- Premapur Khurd 1,511 people
- Bari Salahpur 1,510 people
- Chaukiya 1,500 people
- Belwari 1,492 people
- Agarsand 1,488 people
- Rasul Ganj 1,487 people
- Murhua 1,483 people

All 620 villages in Chunar

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Maripa? 1,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maripa in? Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maripa? 57.8% (Census 2011)

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