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About Piparia Village

Piparia is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 842, made up of 443 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares.

Piparia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 169 hectares
Population 842
Male Population 443
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piparia compares

By the 2011 count Piparia is the 80th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Piparia

Piparia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piparia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Piparia from other places

Piparia lies about 28 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 5.5 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 Piparia
Tehsil headquarters Gaunaha 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Bhitiharwa Ashram 5.5 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 13 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 28 km

Villages closest to Piparia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparia village had a population of 842. That makes it the 80th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Piparia village has 443 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparia has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Piparia covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piparia falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Piparia is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Piparia.

Piparia is about 28 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparia is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 2.1 km away. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 5.5 km away. Rāmnagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipra (under 2 km), Ahrar (under 2 km) and Dumra (under 2 km).

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

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