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About Karri Village

Karri is a small village in Birni tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 208 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Birni
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 128.33 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 208
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karri compares

By the 2011 count Karri is the 127th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 996 residents. Its 128.33 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Karri

Karri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karri from other places

Karri lies about 47 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 8.2 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 Karri
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Birni 28 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 37 km
District headquarters Giridih 47 km

Villages closest to Karri

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

Common questions about Karri

As per the Census of India 2011, Karri village had a population of 421. That makes it the 127th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 996 residents.

Karri village has 208 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karri has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Karri is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karri covers 128.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karri falls under Birni tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karri is Dhanwar, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karri.

Karri is about 47 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karri is in Birni tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 8.2 km away. Birni is about 28 km away. Barki Saria is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharkhari (2.0 km), Jhanjh (4.5 km) and Kenduatanr (5.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karri today is likely to be higher.

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