Geriakola Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Geriakola is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 109 families residing. The Geriakola village has population of 522 of which 265 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Geriakola village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 13.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Geriakola village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Geriakola as per census is 744, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Geriakola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Geriakola village was 69.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Geriakola Male literacy stands at 85.40 % while female literacy rate was 53.51 %.

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

Geriakola Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	109	-	-
Population	522	265	257
Child (0-6)	68	39	29
Schedule Caste	282	142	140
Schedule Tribe	238	122	116
Literacy	69.38 %	85.40 %	53.51 %
Total Workers	248	152	96
Main Worker	143	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	27	78

Caste Factor

In Geriakola village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 45.59 % of total population in Geriakola village.

Work Profile

In Geriakola village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 57.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.