About Giri Village

Giri is a small village in Panki tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 94 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Panki
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	94
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giri compares

By the 2011 count Giri is the 148th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 857 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Giri

Giri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Giri 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Duriatu, Duwarika, Ganeshpur and Gareriadih. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Giri

As per the Census of India 2011, Giri village had a population of 178. That makes it the 148th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 857 residents.

Giri village has 94 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giri has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Giri is 822122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giri covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giri falls under Panki tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Giri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Giri.

Giri is in Panki tehsil of Palamu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.