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About Piprarhi Village

Piprarhi is a large village in Sursand tehsil, in the district of Sitamarhi, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,669, made up of 1,417 males and 1,252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.45 hectares hectares.

Piprarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprarhi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Sitamarhi
Tehsil Sursand
Area (hectares) 160.45 hectares
Population 2,669
Male Population 1,417
Female Population 1,252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piprarhi compares

By the 2011 count Piprarhi is the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,027 residents. Its 160.45 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Piprarhi

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

Piprarhi lies about 17 km from Sitamarhi, and the nearest railway station is Piprahi, about 6.0 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 Piprarhi
Nearest railway station Piprahi 6.0 km
Nearest town Sheohar 6.4 km
District headquarters Sitamarhi 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sursand 33 km

Villages closest to Piprarhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprarhi village had a population of 2,669. That makes it the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,027 residents.

Piprarhi village has 1,417 males and 1,252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprarhi has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Piprarhi covers 160.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Piprarhi falls under Sursand tehsil of Sitamarhi district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Piprarhi is Piprahi, about 6.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Piprarhi.

Piprarhi is about 17 km from Sitamarhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprarhi is in Sursand tehsil of Sitamarhi district. Piprahi is about 6.0 km away. Sheohar is about 6.4 km away. Sitamarhi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Az Rakbe Piprarhi (under 2 km) and Sursand Asli (33 km).

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

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