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About Piprahi Village

Piprahi is a small village in Pach Deuri tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 155 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piprahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Pach Deuri
Pincode 841441
Area (hectares) 107.59 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 155
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piprahi compares

By the 2011 count Piprahi is the 76th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 107.59 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Piprahi

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

How far is Piprahi from other places

Piprahi lies about 27 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 2.6 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 Piprahi
Nearest railway station Panchdeori Halt 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pach Deuri 3.2 km
Nearest town Kataiya 11 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 27 km

Villages closest to Piprahi

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

Common questions about Piprahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprahi village had a population of 316. That makes it the 76th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Piprahi village has 155 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprahi has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Piprahi is 841441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piprahi covers 107.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piprahi falls under Pach Deuri tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Piprahi is Panchdeori Halt, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Piprahi is about 27 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprahi is in Pach Deuri tehsil of Gopalganj district. Panchdeori Halt is about 2.6 km away. Pach Deuri is about 3.2 km away. Kataiya is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Chanp (under 2 km), Kubrahi (under 2 km) and Patohwa (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Piprahi today is likely to be higher.

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