About Keri Village

Keri is a large village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,949, made up of 1,576 males and 1,373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1493.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keri village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	1493.3 hectares
Population	2,949
Male Population	1,576
Female Population	1,373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keri compares

By the 2011 count Keri is the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 1493.3 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Keri

Keri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keri from other places

Keri lies about 22 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 44 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Keri
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	5.9 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	22 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	44 km

Villages closest to Keri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalakote tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Keri

As per the Census of India 2011, Keri village had a population of 2,949. That makes it the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Keri village has 1,576 males and 1,373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keri has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Keri is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keri covers 1493.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keri falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Keri is Dugga, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Keri.

Keri is about 22 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keri is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 5.9 km away. Rajouri is about 22 km away. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.