About Piraiya Village

Piraiya is a mid sized village in Bilha tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,664, made up of 883 males and 781 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495550, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piraiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Bilha
Pincode	495550
Area (hectares)	559.14 hectares
Population	1,664
Male Population	883
Female Population	781
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piraiya compares

By the 2011 count Piraiya is the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents. Its 559.14 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Piraiya

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

Piraiya lies about 18 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Chakarbhata, about 14 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 Piraiya
Nearest railway station	Chakarbhata	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bilha	18 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	18 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	18 km

Villages closest to Piraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piraiya village had a population of 1,664. That makes it the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents.

Piraiya village has 883 males and 781 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piraiya has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Piraiya is 495550. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piraiya covers 559.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piraiya falls under Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Piraiya is Chakarbhata, about 14 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Piraiya.

Piraiya is about 18 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piraiya is in Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district. Chakarbhata is about 14 km away. Bilha is about 18 km away. Bilaspur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.