# Gerada Village, Tarasingi, Ganjam (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Tarasingi, Ganjam 

# Gerada

Gerada is a village in Tarasingi sub-district of Ganjam district, Odisha, PIN code **761131**. The 2011 Census counted **1,958 people in 438 households**, the 7th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,958people (2011)
- 438households
- 71.1%literacy
- 761131PIN code

## Gerada PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gerada is 761131.** Gerada falls in Tarasingi sub-district, Ganjam district, Odisha.

- PIN code761131
- Gram panchayatGerada
- Community development blockJagannathprasad
- Census village code410303

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

## How far is Gerada from nearby towns?

- Tarasingi (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Chatrapur (district HQ)122 km by road
- Bellaguntha (nearest town)18 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 Gerada?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Gerada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gallery
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhanjanagar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 13 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 Gerada known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 50% of the 279 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Gerada

Of every 100 households in Gerada in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gerada · ■ Tarasingi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****20%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**42%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Gerada?

■ Gerada · ■ Tarasingi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**880

Working population ****44.9%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 61.7% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (5%) · **■** Household industry 36 (4%) · **■** Other work 234 (27%) · **■** Marginal 450 (51%)

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 Tarasingi

- Kalingapadar2,781 people
- Gayaganda2,552 people
- Kokalaba2,393 people
- Lambhai2,116 people
- Brahmanpadar1,915 people
- Tarasingi1,815 people
- Tilisingi1,793 people
- Raipalli1,770 people

[All 107 villages in Tarasingi](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/ganjam/tarasingi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gerada?761131
- How far is Gerada from Chatrapur?122 km by road
- What is the population of Gerada?1,958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gerada in?Ganjam district (Tarasingi sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Gerada?71.1% (Census 2011)