Gerki
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854311
· village code 222130
Population 2011
3,269
Census of India
Population 2020
4,096
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.3%
827 people · 2.5% a year
Households
800
+19.9% vs 667 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,269
Male / female
1,710 / 1,559
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
697
Literacy rate
52.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
217 / 0
Working population
1,039
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.5%
Households
667
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
133
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
629
Non-farm households
149
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 70 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gerki Masuria panchayat, Jokihat zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹28.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.99 lakh · received ₹8.00 lakh · spent ₹5.24 lakh · left ₹14.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.60 lakh · received ₹12.08 lakh · spent ₹17.36 lakh · left ₹11.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.6325 —
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