Kersai is a village in the Kersai CD block in the Simdega subdivision of the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Kersai | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 22.5312°N 84.2315°E / 22.5312; 84.2315 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Simdega |
Government | |
• Type | Federal democracy |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,003 |
Languages * | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 835223 |
Telephone/ STD code | 06525 |
Vehicle registration | JH 20 |
Literacy | 74.56% |
Lok Sabha constituency | Khunti |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Simdega |
Website | simdega |
Kersai is located at 22.5312°N 84.2315°E / 22.5312; 84.2315
In the area presented in the map alongside, “the landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau” in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. About 32% of the district is covered with forests (mark the shaded portions in the map.) It is an overwhelmingly rural area with 92.83% of the population living in the rural areas. A major portion of the rural population depends on rain-fed agriculture (average annual rainfall: 1,100-1,200 mm) for a living.[1]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
There is a police station at Kersai.[2]
The headquarters of Kersai CD block are located at Kurdeg village.[3]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kersai had a total population of 4,003, of which 2,052 (51%) were males and 1,951 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 613. The total number of literate persons in Kersai was 2,558 (74.56% of the population over 6 years.[4]
(*For language details see Kersai block#Language and religion)
Government High School Kersai is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching in class VI to class X. The school has a playground and a library with 1,834 books.[5]
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