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About Piprahi Village

Piprahi is a large village in Uchkagaon tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,752, made up of 1,350 males and 1,402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares.

Piprahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Uchkagaon
Area (hectares) 119 hectares
Population 2,752
Male Population 1,350
Female Population 1,402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Piprahi compares

By the 2011 count Piprahi is the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Piprahi

The census records public bus service for Piprahi as Available within <5 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 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
Nearest town Kataiya 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Uchkagaon 12 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 Uchkagaon 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 2,752. That makes it the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents.

Piprahi village has 1,350 males and 1,402 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Piprahi covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Piprahi falls under Uchkagaon 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 <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 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 Uchkagaon tehsil of Gopalganj district. Panchdeori Halt is about 2.6 km away. Kataiya is about 11 km away. Uchkagaon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Natwan Khurd (4.5 km), Rajapur (4.6 km) and Manbodh Parsauni (4.7 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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