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Gerki Population - Araria, Bihar

Gerki is a large village located in Jokihat Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 667 families residing. The Gerki village has population of 3269 of which 1710 are males while 1559 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerki village population of children with age 0-6 is 697 which makes up 21.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerki village is 912 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerki as per census is 942, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gerki village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerki village was 66.99 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gerki Male literacy stands at 74.39 % while female literacy rate was 58.80 %.

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 667 - -
Population 3,269 1,710 1,559
Child (0-6) 697 359 338
Schedule Caste 217 104 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.99 % 74.39 % 58.80 %
Total Workers 1,039 816 223
Main Worker 629 - -
Marginal Worker 410 268 142

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.64 % 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, 1039 were engaged in work activities. 60.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1039 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 306 were Agricultural labourer.