About Piri Village

Piri is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 835 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	2280 hectares
Population	1,646
Male Population	835
Female Population	811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piri compares

By the 2011 count Piri is the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 2280 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Piri

Piri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piri 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 Piri from other places

Piri lies about 34 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 16 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 Piri
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	20 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	25 km
District headquarters	Chatra	34 km

Villages closest to Piri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simaria 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 Piri

As per the Census of India 2011, Piri village had a population of 1,646. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Piri village has 835 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piri has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Piri is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piri covers 2280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piri falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piri is Katkamsandi, about 16 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 Piri.

Piri is about 34 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piri is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Katkamsandi is about 16 km away. Simaria is about 20 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.