# Meshera Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Meshera

Meshera is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,187 people in 277 households**, the 90th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,187people (2011)
- 277households
- 78.0%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meshera

Of every 100 households in Meshera in 2011, 92 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meshera · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**39%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**28%

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

**12%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****31%**

**55%

Television ****40%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Meshera?

■ Meshera · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**983

Working population ****39.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 72.5% for women. 66% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (13%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (14%) · **■** Marginal 267 (57%)

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 Haripal

- Chitrashali1,221 people
- Brahmanpara1,220 people
- Panchgachhia1,194 people
- Khanakhanpur1,190 people
- Kankrajol1,183 people
- Kamdebpur1,181 people
- Ghatra1,176 people
- Jhinka1,154 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meshera?1,187 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meshera in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meshera?78.0% (Census 2011)