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Gerada Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gerada is a medium size village located in TARASINGI Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 438 families residing. The Gerada village has population of 1958 of which 979 are males while 979 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerada village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 11.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerada village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerada as per census is 719, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gerada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerada village was 71.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gerada Male literacy stands at 81.04 % while female literacy rate was 61.68 %.

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

Gerada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 438 - -
Population 1,958 979 979
Child (0-6) 232 135 97
Schedule Caste 540 271 269
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.15 % 81.04 % 61.68 %
Total Workers 880 599 281
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 450 241 209

Caste Factor

Gerada village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.58 % of total population in Gerada village. The village Gerada currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerada village out of total population, 880 were engaged in work activities. 48.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 880 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.