# Meerpur Village, Behat, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Behat, Saharanpur 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Behat sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **518 people in 99 households**, the 204th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 518people (2011)
- 99households
- 79.7%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Behat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**65%

Tap water ****3%**

**23%

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

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**54%

Television ****69%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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?

■ Meerpur · ■ Behat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**912

Working population ****27.8%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 68.7% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 46 (32%) · **■** Marginal 44 (31%)

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

- Chhajja Must579 people
- Mohammadpur Grant Must.570 people
- Kasimpur Khas551 people
- Alauddinpur Bans Aht519 people
- Ibrahimpur Must.488 people
- Bartha Korasi475 people
- Murtazapur Shaoor471 people
- Roshanpur Pelon471 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Saharanpur district (Behat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?79.7% (Census 2011)