| Kersai | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.5312°N 84.2315°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 4,003 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages * |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 835223 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone or STD code |
| Area Code: | 06525 |
| Registration Plate: | JH 20 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 74.56% |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Kersai is a village in the Kersai CD block in the Simdega subdivision of the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Kersai is located at 22.5312°N 84.2315°W
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]