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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Uruva is a village in Meja mandal, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 3,145 across 454 households. The village has a literacy rate of 59.5% and is identified by PIN code 212302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
anil kumar
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- LGD code
- 163411
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population
- 3,145
- Households
- 454
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Sex ratio
- 891 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 909
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 46 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 425 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bighapur · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nawabganj Seva Hospital · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uruva compares
By population, Uruva ranks #39 of 393 villages in Meja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.5%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Uruva
- 59.5%
- Meja mandal
- 59.1%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
891
−27 vs mandal average
- Uruva
- 891
- Meja mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
6.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Uruva
- 6.9
- Meja mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uruva at a glance
Uruva is a village of 3,145 people in 454 households (Census 2011) in Meja tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 39th-largest of 393 villages in Meja tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Prayagraj district centre, 17 km from Hilauli, the nearest town, 14 km from Bighapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212302, served by Meja post office; the LGD village code is 163411. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nawabganj Seva Hospital, 21 km away. The sarpanch is anil kumar, and the village votes in Purwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 3,708 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uruva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAMOGARA
- Total area (ha)
- 181.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.53
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.17
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uruva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uruva
- LGD code
- 163411
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,145
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,708
- Households
- 454
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 891
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.45915°N, 80.77350°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purwa
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- anil kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Meja
Getting there
How to reach Uruva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow46 kmcapital
- Delhi425 km
- Kolkata881 km
- Hyderabad1036 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBighapur14 km
- Hospital / PHCNawabganj Seva Hospital21 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India22 km
- Petrol pumpESSAR OIL LIMTED22 km
- CollegeAllen House group of Colleges35 km
- Police stationPolice station23 km
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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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)