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About Gerapokhar Village

Gerapokhar is a small village in Udhwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 78 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerapokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerapokhar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Udhwa
Pincode 816101
Area (hectares) 134.2 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 78
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gerapokhar compares

By the 2011 count Gerapokhar is the 67th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents. Its 134.2 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Gerapokhar

Gerapokhar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gerapokhar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dogachhi, Durgadaspur, Firozabad and Gaiganga Parasad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gerapokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerapokhar village had a population of 158. That makes it the 67th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents.

Gerapokhar village has 78 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerapokhar has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Gerapokhar is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gerapokhar covers 134.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gerapokhar falls under Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gerapokhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gerapokhar.

Gerapokhar is in Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gerapokhar today is likely to be higher.

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