# Merkiya Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhinga, Shrawasti 

# Merkiya

Merkiya is a village in Bhinga sub-district of Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,782 people in 334 households**, the 158th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 1,782people (2011)
- 334households
- 56.7%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Merkiya

Of every 100 households in Merkiya in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Merkiya · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**87%

Tap water ****56%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****89%**

**68%

Television ****24%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Merkiya?

■ Merkiya · ■ Bhinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**935

Working population ****40.0%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 43.5% for women. 50% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (19%) · **■** Household industry 47 (7%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 262 (37%)

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 Bhinga

- Bhagvanpur1,801 people
- Bishunapur Ramnagar1,800 people
- Ramnagar Chiradih1,787 people
- Sonbarsa1,787 people
- Dhannidih1,772 people
- Asanharia1,763 people
- Satrahi1,760 people
- Rehli Vishunpur1,757 people

[All 310 villages in Bhinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/bhinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Merkiya?1,782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merkiya in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Merkiya?56.7% (Census 2011)