Gerda is a village in Bano mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,519 across 295 households, with a literacy rate of 43.6%. The village is located at coordinates 22.480°N, 84.995°E.
By population, Gerda ranks #11 of 93 villages in Bano mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gerda is a village of 1,519 people in 295 households (Census 2011) in Bano block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 11th-largest of 93 villages in Bano block. Literacy is 44%, 9 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Simdega district centre, 6 km from Parbatonia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835201, served by Bano post office; the LGD village code is 376765. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Sorda, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ANITA DANG, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 1,791 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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