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Gerua Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Gerua is a medium size village located in Pratappur Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 135 families residing. The Gerua village has population of 735 of which 386 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerua village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerua village is 904 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerua as per census is 1042, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gerua village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerua village was 66.67 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gerua Male literacy stands at 74.52 % while female literacy rate was 57.66 %.

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 135 - -
Population 735 386 349
Child (0-6) 147 72 75
Schedule Caste 259 127 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.67 % 74.52 % 57.66 %
Total Workers 292 185 107
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 94 34 60

Caste Factor

In Gerua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.24 % 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, 292 were engaged in work activities. 67.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.