# Meherpur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Meherpur

Meherpur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,494 people in 682 households**, the 47th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 3,494people (2011)
- 682households
- 72.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meherpur

Of every 100 households in Meherpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meherpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**45%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meherpur?

■ Meherpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**965

Working population ****49.5%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 65.2% for women. 62% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 232 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 384 (22%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1,030 (60%)

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 Patharpratima

- Kaorakhali3,957 people
- Durbachati3,830 people
- Satyadaspur3,756 people
- Lakshmipur3,515 people
- Purba Dwarokapur3,457 people
- Buraburir Tat3,455 people
- Gangapur3,448 people
- Uttar Surendraganj3,415 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meherpur?3,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meherpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meherpur?72.1% (Census 2011)