# Meraha Village, Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar 

# Meraha

Meraha is a village in Aurai sub-district of Sant Ravidas Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **211 people in 21 households**, the 280th largest of 320 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 211people (2011)
- 21households
- 81.3%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meraha

Of every 100 households in Meraha in 2011, 76 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meraha · ■ Aurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****95%**

**76%

Television ****33%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Meraha?

■ Meraha · ■ Aurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****286**

**904

Working population ****55.9%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 72.5% for women. 54% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 41 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Household industry 45 (38%) · **■** Other work 29 (25%)

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 Aurai

- Katehra229 people
- Chak Keshav Battfarosh227 people
- Arjun Patti226 people
- Balipur N.Samadha218 people
- Chak Phurahi209 people
- Hridayapur201 people
- Chak Sukali198 people
- Lakhanpur197 people

[All 358 villages in Aurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/aurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meraha?211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meraha in?Sant Ravidas Nagar district (Aurai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meraha?81.3% (Census 2011)