# Gerki Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Gerki

Gerki is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar, PIN code **854311**. The 2011 Census counted **3,269 people in 667 households**, the 42nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 3,269people (2011)
- 667households
- 67.0%literacy
- 854311PIN code

## Gerki PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gerki is 854311.** Gerki falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- PIN code854311
- Gram panchayatGerki
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222130

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

## How far is Gerki from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)15 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)15 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 Gerki?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Gerki; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Gerki known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 99% of the 442 hectares of village land is sown, and 225 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gerki

Of every 100 households in Gerki in 2011, 5 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gerki · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**97%

Use banking services ****36%**

**17%

Television ****11%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**30%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 Gerki?

■ Gerki · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**961

Working population ****31.8%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 58.8% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (29%) · **■** Household industry 35 (3%) · **■** Other work 145 (14%) · **■** Marginal 410 (39%)

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 Jokihat

- Bhagwanpur3,341 people
- Ukhwa3,300 people
- Gogra3,288 people
- Satbhita3,283 people
- Barhuwa3,207 people
- Chirah3,008 people
- Majgawan2,766 people
- Kakorha2,745 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gerki?854311
- How far is Gerki from Araria?15 km by road
- What is the population of Gerki?3,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gerki in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gerki?67.0% (Census 2011)