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Gerua Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gerua is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 338 families residing. The Gerua village has population of 1818 of which 915 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerua village population of children with age 0-6 is 362 which makes up 19.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerua village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerua as per census is 1034, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gerua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerua village was 32.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gerua Male literacy stands at 37.72 % while female literacy rate was 28.09 %.

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

Gerua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,818 915 903
Child (0-6) 362 178 184
Schedule Caste 93 52 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.97 % 37.72 % 28.09 %
Total Workers 609 442 167
Main Worker 424 - -
Marginal Worker 185 67 118

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.12 % of total population in Gerua village. The village Gerua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerua village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 69.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 323 were Agricultural labourer.