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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH KUMAR
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- LGD code
- 130831
- Pincode
- 243503
- Post office
- Faridpur
- Population
- 1,126
- Households
- 167
- Literacy rate
- 36.8%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 290
Census 2011 · in context
How Mekpur Kala compares
By population, Mekpur Kala ranks #125 of 382 villages in Faridpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.8%
−9.8% vs mandal average
- Mekpur Kala
- 36.8%
- Faridpur mandal
- 46.6%
- Bareilly district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
+45 vs mandal average
- Mekpur Kala
- 905
- Faridpur mandal
- 860
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Mekpur Kala
- 6.7
- Faridpur mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mekpur Kala at a glance
Mekpur Kala is a village of 1,126 people in 167 households (Census 2011) in Faridpur tehsil, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, the 125th-largest of 382 villages in Faridpur tehsil. Literacy is 37%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 243503, served by Faridpur post office; the LGD village code is 130831. The sarpanch is SANTOSH KUMAR, and the village votes in Jalalabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Prakash Verma. The population is estimated at 1,328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mekpur Kala
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAREILLY
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAIKPUR KALA
- Total area (ha)
- 186.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 160.72
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mekpur Kala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mekpur Kala
- LGD code
- 130831
- Pincode
- 243503
- Post office
- Faridpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,126
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,328
- Households
- 167
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 36.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shahjahanpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jalalabad
- Member of Parliament
- Arun Kumar Sagar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hari Prakash Verma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Faridpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 243503
- Mehtarpur Tej SinghFaridpur mandal6,971 pop
- BilpurFaridpur mandal6,151 pop
- Dhakni RajpuriFaridpur mandal5,871 pop
- PachauniFaridpur mandal5,812 pop
- Faiz NagaarFaridpur mandal5,119 pop
- BhagwantapurFaridpur mandal4,615 pop
- KhateliFaridpur mandal4,200 pop
- BehraFaridpur mandal4,062 pop
- PandheraFaridpur mandal3,526 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Mekpur Kala
Other villages in Faridpur mandal
View all 60+ →- Tisuwa
- Umedpur Bhuta
- Mehtarpur Tej Singh
- Bilpur
- Dhakni Rajpuri
- Pachauni
- Faiz Nagaar
- Rajau Paraspur
- Bhagwantapur
- Jerh
- Khateli
- Behra
- Pandhera
- Malahpur
- Shahpoor
- Bewel Barkatpur
- Shivpuri
- Shekhapur
- Gausganj Sarai
- Nagaria Vikram
- Dalautpur Karena
- Nawadia Kalyanpur
- Budhauli
- Magrasha
- Naugawan
- Kadarganj
- Tara Khas
- Gajnera
- Bakainiya
- Khajuria Shampat
- Mehtarpur Karor
- Lathauli Kala
- Bakarganj
- Nawadavan
- Kakra Kala
- Basawanpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)