# Meerpur Gandevar Village, Behat, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Behat, Saharanpur 

# Meerpur Gandevar

Meerpur Gandevar is a village in Behat sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,920 people in 350 households**, the 92nd largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 1,920people (2011)
- 350households
- 81.9%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur Gandevar

Of every 100 households in Meerpur Gandevar in 2011, 61 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Meerpur Gandevar · ■ Behat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**65%

Tap water ****42%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**93%

Use banking services ****50%**

**54%

Television ****44%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

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 Meerpur Gandevar?

■ Meerpur Gandevar · ■ Behat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**912

Working population ****29.6%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 73.0% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 72 (13%) · **■** Other work 190 (33%) · **■** Marginal 238 (42%)

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 Behat

- Kroondi2,048 people
- Jhijholi Mahmoodpur2,030 people
- Sarda Heri1,960 people
- Fatehullapur Must1,924 people
- Fatehpur Kalan1,898 people
- Rehna1,841 people
- Fakharpur Must.1,792 people
- Naurangpur1,788 people

[All 324 villages in Behat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/behat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur Gandevar?1,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur Gandevar in?Saharanpur district (Behat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur Gandevar?81.9% (Census 2011)