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Meerpur Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Meerpur is a large village located in Gorakhpur Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 402 families residing. The Meerpur village has population of 2709 of which 1391 are males while 1318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meerpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 432 which makes up 15.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meerpur village is 948 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Meerpur as per census is 1149, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Meerpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meerpur village was 70.71 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Meerpur Male literacy stands at 82.52 % while female literacy rate was 57.77 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Meerpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Meerpur village.

Meerpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 402 - -
Population 2,709 1,391 1,318
Child (0-6) 432 201 231
Schedule Caste 627 320 307
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.71 % 82.52 % 57.77 %
Total Workers 729 675 54
Main Worker 485 - -
Marginal Worker 244 219 25

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.15 % of total population in Meerpur village. The village Meerpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meerpur village out of total population, 729 were engaged in work activities. 66.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 729 workers engaged in Main Work, 232 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.