About Munkeri Village

Munkeri is a large village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,843, made up of 2,028 males and 1,815 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munkeri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	568 hectares
Population	3,843
Male Population	2,028
Female Population	1,815
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Munkeri compares

By the 2011 count Munkeri is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 568 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Munkeri

Munkeri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Munkeri as Available within 5 - 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 Munkeri from other places

Munkeri lies about 27 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 11 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 Munkeri
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	11 km
Nearest town	Gumia	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	27 km
District headquarters	Palamu	27 km

Villages closest to Munkeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Munkeri village had a population of 3,843. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Munkeri village has 2,028 males and 1,815 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munkeri has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Munkeri is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munkeri covers 568 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Munkeri falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Munkeri is Dumri Bihar, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Munkeri.

Munkeri is about 27 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munkeri is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 11 km away. Gumia is about 14 km away. Chhatarpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.