Kiriburu
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Kiriburu Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 22°06′30″N 85°17′42″E / 22.1083°N 85.2951°E / 22.1083; 85.2951Coordinates: 22°06′30″N 85°17′42″E / 22.1083°N 85.2951°E / 22.1083; 85.2951
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Population (2001)
• Total	9,544
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Santali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	833222
Telephone code	06596

Kiriburu is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

The town is mainly knowsn for having big Iron-ore Mines KIOM (Kiriburu Iron-Ore Mine) & MIOM (Meghahatuburu Iron-Ore Mine)both governed by SAIL. It is also a famous hill station situated in the core of Saranda forest.

Demographics[edit]

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Kiriburu had a population of 9,545. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kiriburu has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 57%. In Kiriburu, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age, set by sharma. The local inhabitants are known as Ho people.It is also located in the maoists belt.

The road of Kiriburu to Jamshedpur and Ranchi is nowadays constructing by there's contractors, it is being very good work of road.

Kiriburu and its sister town of Meghahatuburu are easily accessible and is connected to various important places. It can be reached from Tatanagar by road or by rail, the nearest railway station being Barajamda, at a distance of 24 km. Mining town of Barbil in the Keonjhar District in Orissa is at a distance of 28 km from Meghahataburu by road. Direct Train - Jan Shatabdi- from Howrah (West Bengal) is available up to Barbil, from where you can catch hired taxis / SAIL Company bus to Kiriburu or Meghahatuburu.

Kiriburu is a good place to see nature, and the weather is usually good^{[citation needed]}. It is a place usually compare to shimla and Cherapuji. In a year there is 200 cm(approx) of rain in Kiriburu. In Meghahatuburu there is a guest house in a corner of the town, from there you can see a beautiful view of 700 Mountains, and in the evening there's sunset gives a heart touch view, which is a great attraction of Meghahatuburu.

The place is located in both Jharkhand and ODISHA. Most of the people are working in SAIL Iron Ore Mines.With in Kiriburu there are lot of places like rivers, waterfalls,sunset point. It is a good holiday destination for any traveler.

References[edit]

There are no colleges in there but there are mainly two schools,Project Central School in Kiriburu and Kendriya Vidyalaya in Meghahataburu.Both are C.B.S.E boards and till class 12th and offers subjects like science, Arts (Both) and commerce (K.V). Students usually rely on school and personal coachings for study. Both the schools have big playgrounds as per city standards and allows games like cricket, Football, Handball and various local games.

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