About Piri Village

Piri is a mid sized village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 282 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	378 hectares
Population	573
Male Population	282
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piri compares

By the 2011 count Piri is the 17th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Piri

Piri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Piri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Piri from other places

Piri lies about 18 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 9.2 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 Piri
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	10 km
District headquarters	Latehar	18 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	18 km

Villages closest to Piri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garu 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 573. That makes it the 17th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Piri village has 282 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piri has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Piri is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piri covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piri falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piri is Kumandih, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Piri.

Piri is about 18 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piri is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 9.2 km away. Garu is about 10 km away. Latehar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.