About Pirai Village

Pirai is a small village in Mahua tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 217 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares.

Pirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pirai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Tehsil	Mahua
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	217
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pirai compares

By the 2011 count Pirai is the 113th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Pirai

Pirai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pirai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pirai from other places

Pirai lies about 40 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Gram Kharika, about 13 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 Pirai
Tehsil headquarters	Mahua	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Gram Kharika	13 km
Nearest town	Mahnar Bazar	20 km
District headquarters	Vaishali	40 km

Villages closest to Pirai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pirai village had a population of 405. That makes it the 113th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Pirai village has 217 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pirai has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Pirai covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pirai falls under Mahua tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pirai is Gram Kharika, about 13 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 village for Pirai.

Pirai is about 40 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pirai is in Mahua tehsil of Vaishali district. Mahua is about 3.5 km away. Gram Kharika is about 13 km away. Mahnar Bazar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.