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About Erida Village

Erida is a small village in Kanjipani tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 189 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 835 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erida Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erida village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Kanjipani
Pincode 758019
Area (hectares) 835 hectares
Population 390
Male Population 189
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
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 Erida compares

By the 2011 count Erida is the 24th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 581 residents. Its 835 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1038.

Getting to Erida

Erida is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Erida 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 Erida from other places

Erida lies about 27 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Naranpur, about 30 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 Erida
Tehsil headquarters Kanjipani 10 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 27 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 27 km
Nearest railway station Naranpur 30 km

Villages closest to Erida

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erida village had a population of 390. That makes it the 24th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 581 residents.

Erida village has 189 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erida has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Erida is 758019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erida covers 835 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Erida falls under Kanjipani tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Erida is Naranpur, about 30 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 Erida.

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

Erida is in Kanjipani tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kanjipani is about 10 km away. Kendujhar is about 27 km away. Keonjhargarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karangadihi (3.5 km), Emiri (4.7 km) and Benidihi (5.0 km).

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

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