About Piria Village

Piria is a mid sized village in Dumraon tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 718 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.9 hectares hectares.

Piria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piria village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Dumraon
Area (hectares)	95.9 hectares
Population	1,348
Male Population	718
Female Population	630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Piria compares

By the 2011 count Piria is the 33rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 95.9 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Piria

Piria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Piria as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piria from other places

Piria lies about 24 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 18 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 Piria
Nearest railway station	Chausa	18 km
District headquarters	Buxar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumraon	28 km

Villages closest to Piria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumraon 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.

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Common questions about Piria

As per the Census of India 2011, Piria village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Piria village has 718 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piria has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Piria covers 95.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Piria falls under Dumraon tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Piria is Chausa, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Piria.

Piria is about 24 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piria is in Dumraon tehsil of Buxar district. Chausa is about 18 km away. Buxar is about 24 km away. Dumraon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.