# Meherulla Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Meherulla

Meherulla is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,501 people in 319 households**, the 44th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,501people (2011)
- 319households
- 43.3%literacy
- 1,093females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meherulla

Of every 100 households in Meherulla in 2011, 40 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meherulla · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**53%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****25%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**20%

Own their home ****8%**

**82%

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 Meherulla?

■ Meherulla · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.3%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1093**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****51.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.2% for men and 37.1% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 589 (77%) · **■** Marginal 160 (21%)

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 Phansidewa

- Purbba Bansgaonchakla1,756 people
- Chaupukuria1,724 people
- Paschim Bansgaon Kismat1,644 people
- Halal1,511 people
- Hatiram1,421 people
- Tarbandha1,415 people
- Farabari1,405 people
- Ambari1,371 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meherulla?1,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meherulla in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meherulla?43.3% (Census 2011)