# Meherpur, Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas – Population

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Meherpur

Meherpur is a village in [Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/) sub-district of [North Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,373 people in 538 households**, the 36th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,373people (2011)
- 538households
- 69.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meherpur

Of every 100 households in Meherpur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meherpur · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**15%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****43%**

**39%

Television ****39%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Meherpur?

■ Meherpur · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**947

Working population ****38.6%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 61.6% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (13%) · **■** Household industry 292 (32%) · **■** Other work 223 (24%) · **■** Marginal 61 (7%)

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 Haroa

- Goalpota2,596 people
- Latar Bagan2,511 people
- Haroa2,399 people
- Khatra2,391 people
- Adampur2,353 people
- Bakjuri2,184 people
- Sadarpurbehala2,094 people
- Roykhan2,007 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Other places named Meherpur

- Meherpur · Village, Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas · 3,494 people
- Meherpur · Village, Maldah, Maldah · 1,877 people
- Meherpur · Village, Suri - I, Birbhum · 806 people
- Meherpur · Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum · 651 people
- Meherpur · Village, Sainthia, Birbhum · 623 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meherpur?2,373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meherpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meherpur?69.5% (Census 2011)