Tisri is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Khori Mahuwa subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hill or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica. Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state., Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. In 2017, the Moists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods. Geography Tisri is located at . Tisri CD block is bounded by Kawakole CD block, in Nawada district of Bihar, on the north and part of the east, Deori CD block on a part of the east and a part of the south, Dhanwar CD block on a part of the south and Gawan CD block on the west. Tisri CD block has an area of 429.56 km2. It has 15 gram panchayats, and 183 inhabited villages. Tisri and Lokainayanpur police stations serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Tisri. 58.89% of the area has forest cover. Rivers in Tisri CD block are: Kiul, Sakri, Barki and Kunda. Gram panchayats in Tisri CD block are: Thansinghdih, Mansadih, Lokai, Belwana, Palmarua, Singho, Gumgi, Chandouri, Khatponk, Gadkura, Barwadih, Kharkhari, Bhandari, Tisri and Khijuri. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Tisri CD block had a total population of 95,081, all of which were rural. There were 47,423 (50%) males and 47,658 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 19,292. Scheduled Castes numbered 13,037 (13.71%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 21,114 (22.21%).