About Niri Village

Niri is a small village in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 169 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2688.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Niri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Niri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Keredari
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	2688.01 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	169
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,118
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 Niri compares

By the 2011 count Niri is the 54th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 2688.01 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Niri

Niri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Niri 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Niri from other places

Niri lies about 31 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hendegir, about 14 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 Niri
Nearest railway station	Hendegir	14 km
Nearest town	Churi	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keredari	31 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	31 km

Villages closest to Niri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Niri village had a population of 358. That makes it the 54th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Niri village has 169 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Niri has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Niri is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Niri covers 2688.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Niri falls under Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Niri is Hendegir, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Niri.

Niri is about 31 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Niri is in Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hendegir is about 14 km away. Churi is about 22 km away. Keredari is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.