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About Ukri Village

Ukri is a mid sized village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 276 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ukri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ukri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 276
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ukri compares

By the 2011 count Ukri is the 46th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Ukri

The census records public bus service for Ukri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ukri from other places

Ukri lies about 7.7 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 2.1 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 Ukri
Nearest railway station Sini Junction 2.1 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 8.5 km
Nearest town Bhetia 19 km

Villages closest to Ukri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ukri village had a population of 548. That makes it the 46th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Ukri village has 276 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ukri has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Ukri is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ukri covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ukri falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ukri is Sini Junction, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Ukri is about 7.7 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ukri is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about 2.1 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 7.7 km away. Saraikela is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohandih (under 2 km), Jojo (1.5 km) and Palasdih (1.6 km).

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

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