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Geria Population - Purnia, Bihar

Geria is a large village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 358 families residing. The Geria village has population of 2002 of which 1016 are males while 986 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Geria village population of children with age 0-6 is 409 which makes up 20.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Geria village is 970 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Geria as per census is 1066, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Geria village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Geria village was 32.20 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Geria Male literacy stands at 41.32 % while female literacy rate was 22.58 %.

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

Geria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 358 - -
Population 2,002 1,016 986
Child (0-6) 409 198 211
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.20 % 41.32 % 22.58 %
Total Workers 590 505 85
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 163 123 40

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Geria village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Geria village out of total population, 590 were engaged in work activities. 72.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 590 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 307 were Agricultural labourer.