# Gerua Gaon Village, Tezpur, Sonitpur (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Tezpur, Sonitpur 

# Gerua Gaon

Gerua Gaon is a village in Tezpur sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 234 households**, the 64th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 234households
- 87.2%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Gerua Gaon PIN code and other codes

Gerua Gaon falls in Tezpur sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.

- Community development blockBihaguri
- Census village code286223

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gerua Gaon from nearby towns?

- Tezpur (district HQ)25 km by road
- Tezpur (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gerua Gaon?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Gerua Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Moila Gaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tezpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tezpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gerua Gaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetables and horticulture crops**. About 19% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gerua Gaon

Of every 100 households in Gerua Gaon in 2011, 33 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gerua Gaon · ■ Tezpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**17%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**71%

Use banking services ****69%**

**47%

Television ****16%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****16%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gerua Gaon?

■ Gerua Gaon · ■ Tezpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**927

Working population ****41.3%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 84.4% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (16%) · **■** Marginal 174 (41%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tezpur

- Purani Alimur1,121 people
- Kumar Gaon1,113 people
- Kachari Pam1,090 people
- Latia Mari1,056 people
- Holeswar Devalaya1,016 people
- Parowa Bagicha952 people
- Jaglowani933 people
- Kasha Kani Gaon842 people

[All 128 villages in Tezpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sonitpur/tezpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gerua Gaon from Tezpur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Gerua Gaon?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gerua Gaon in?Sonitpur district (Tezpur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Gerua Gaon?87.2% (Census 2011)