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About Keri Village

Keri is a mid sized village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,297, made up of 647 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 458 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keri village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode 758014
Area (hectares) 458 hectares
Population 1,297
Male Population 647
Female Population 650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keri compares

By the 2011 count Keri is the 28th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 458 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Keri

Keri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Keri as Available within <5 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 Keri from other places

Keri lies about 14 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 9.5 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 Keri
Nearest railway station Kendujhargarh 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Kendujhar Sadar 14 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 14 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 14 km

Villages closest to Keri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Sadar 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 Keri

As per the Census of India 2011, Keri village had a population of 1,297. That makes it the 28th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Keri village has 647 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keri has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Keri is 758014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keri covers 458 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keri falls under Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Keri is Kendujhargarh, about 9.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keri.

Keri is about 14 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keri is in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kendujhargarh is about 9.5 km away. Kendujhar Sadar is about 14 km away. Kendujhar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hariharpur (2.5 km), Basudevpur (3.6 km) and Podadiha (3.8 km).

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

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