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About Peri Village

Peri is a small village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 68 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peri village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Kalakote
Pincode 185201
Area (hectares) 57.5 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 68
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 765
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Peri compares

By the 2011 count Peri is the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 57.5 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Peri

Peri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Peri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Owdarni, Pahli Brahamana, Panglot and Panhar. 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 Peri

As per the Census of India 2011, Peri village had a population of 120. That makes it the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Peri village has 68 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peri has about 765 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 Peri is 185201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Peri covers 57.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Peri notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Peri.

Peri is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri 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 Peri today is likely to be higher.

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