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About Palkiri Village

Palkiri is a large village in Chandankiyari tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,221, made up of 1,676 males and 1,545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.68 hectares hectares.

Palkiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkiri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Chandankiyari
Area (hectares) 481.68 hectares
Population 3,221
Male Population 1,676
Female Population 1,545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palkiri compares

By the 2011 count Palkiri is the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents. Its 481.68 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Palkiri

Palkiri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palkiri 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nawadi, Nayaban Alias Pabratanr, Nekura and Nerpurbanchak. 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 Palkiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkiri village had a population of 3,221. That makes it the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents.

Palkiri village has 1,676 males and 1,545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkiri has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Palkiri covers 481.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palkiri falls under Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palkiri notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Palkiri.

Palkiri is in Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro 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 Palkiri today is likely to be higher.

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