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Gerki Population - Purnia, Bihar

Gerki is a medium size village located in Dagarua Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 251 families residing. The Gerki village has population of 1226 of which 664 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerki village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 19.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerki village is 846 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerki as per census is 885, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gerki village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerki village was 46.28 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gerki Male literacy stands at 54.31 % while female literacy rate was 36.69 %.

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

Gerki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 251 - -
Population 1,226 664 562
Child (0-6) 245 130 115
Schedule Caste 27 14 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.28 % 54.31 % 36.69 %
Total Workers 319 307 12
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 74 68 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.20 % of total population in Gerki village. The village Gerki currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerki village out of total population, 319 were engaged in work activities. 76.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 319 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.