Meerut is a Municipal Corporation city in district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The Meerut city is divided into 80 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Meerut Municipal Corporation has population of 1,305,429 of which 688,118 are males while 617,311 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 170823 which is 13.09 % of total population of Meerut (M Corp.). In Meerut Municipal Corporation, Female Sex Ratio is of 897 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Meerut is around 847 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Meerut city is 75.66 % higher than state average of 67.68 %. In Meerut, Male literacy is around 80.97 % while female literacy rate is 69.79 %.
Meerut Municipal Corporation has total administration over 232,144 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Corporation limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Meerut 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Meerut Municipal Corporation in 2024 is approximately
1,852,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Meerut city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Meerut city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Meerut town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Meerut Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.22 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Meerut (M Corp.).
Meerut Work Profile
Out of total population, 407,274 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 341,008 were males while 66,266 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 407274 working population, 83.66 % were engaged in Main Work while 16.34 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.