# Meerpur Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tilhar, Shahjahanpur 

# Meerpur

Meerpur is a village in Tilhar sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 117 households**, the 391st largest of 567 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 590people (2011)
- 117households
- 45.3%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerpur

Of every 100 households in Meerpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meerpur · ■ Tilhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**67%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****81%**

**71%

Television ****5%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Meerpur?

■ Meerpur · ■ Tilhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**908

Working population ****30.5%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.2% for men and 38.2% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (30%) · **■** Other work 43 (24%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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 Tilhar

- Jagat601 people
- Harnarainpur Jataiya599 people
- Balrampur597 people
- Jauhana594 people
- Marena589 people
- Madar587 people
- Maganpur587 people
- Mawaiya Patti586 people

[All 627 villages in Tilhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/tilhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerpur?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerpur in?Shahjahanpur district (Tilhar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerpur?45.3% (Census 2011)