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Gerahva Population - Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh

Gerahva is a medium size village located in Nichlaul Tehsil of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh with total 261 families residing. The Gerahva village has population of 1456 of which 746 are males while 710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerahva village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 17.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerahva village is 952 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerahva as per census is 1065, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gerahva village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerahva village was 33.75 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gerahva Male literacy stands at 43.41 % while female literacy rate was 23.36 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gerahva 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 Gerahva village.

Gerahva Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,456 746 710
Child (0-6) 256 124 132
Schedule Caste 582 303 279
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 33.75 % 43.41 % 23.36 %
Total Workers 822 441 381
Main Worker 498 - -
Marginal Worker 324 151 173

Caste Factor

In Gerahva village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.97 % of total population in Gerahva village. The village Gerahva currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerahva village out of total population, 822 were engaged in work activities. 60.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 822 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 390 were Agricultural labourer.