About Dipau Village

Dipau is a large village in Kotwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,304, made up of 1,745 males and 1,559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.2 hectares hectares.

Dipau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dipau village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kotwa
Area (hectares)	265.2 hectares
Population	3,304
Male Population	1,745
Female Population	1,559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dipau compares

By the 2011 count Dipau is the 15th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents. Its 265.2 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Dipau

Dipau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dipau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dipau from other places

Dipau lies about 15 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 11 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 Dipau
Tehsil headquarters	Kotwa	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	11 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	15 km
Nearest town	Areraj	16 km

Villages closest to Dipau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dipau village had a population of 3,304. That makes it the 15th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents.

Dipau village has 1,745 males and 1,559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dipau has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Dipau covers 265.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dipau falls under Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dipau is Jiwdhara, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dipau.

Dipau is about 15 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dipau is in Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kotwa is about 3.4 km away. Jiwdhara is about 11 km away. Purba Champaran is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.