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Gerdi Population - Balangir, Orissa

Gerdi is a medium size village located in Balangir Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 170 families residing. The Gerdi village has population of 724 of which 383 are males while 341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerdi village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 11.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerdi village is 890 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerdi as per census is 766, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gerdi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerdi village was 69.89 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gerdi Male literacy stands at 78.87 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Gerdi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 170 - -
Population 724 383 341
Child (0-6) 83 47 36
Schedule Caste 100 49 51
Schedule Tribe 19 12 7
Literacy 69.89 % 78.87 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 323 241 82
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 226 147 79

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.62 % of total population in Gerdi village.

Work Profile

In Gerdi village out of total population, 323 were engaged in work activities. 30.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 323 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.