Gerki
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854330
· village code 224112
Population 2011
1,226
Census of India
Population 2020
1,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.2%
334 people · 2.7% a year
Households
345
+37.5% vs 251 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,226
Male / female
664 / 562
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
846
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
37.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
27 / 0
Working population
319
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
251
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
125
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
234 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
234 / 234 / 234
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Echalo panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹17.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.10 lakh · received ₹6.99 lakh · spent ₹9.98 lakh · left ₹10,915
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.45 lakh · received ₹10.56 lakh · spent ₹22.49 lakh · left ₹2.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 87.6380 —
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