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About Piparbahra Village

Piparbahra is a small village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 227 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 661 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piparbahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparbahra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode 495119
Area (hectares) 310.18 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 227
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 661
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piparbahra compares

By the 2011 count Piparbahra is the 80th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 310.18 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Piparbahra

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

Piparbahra lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 3.7 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 Piparbahra
Nearest railway station Kalmitar 3.7 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra Road Gorella 23 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 23 km

Villages closest to Piparbahra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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 Piparbahra

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparbahra village had a population of 377. That makes it the 80th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Piparbahra village has 227 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparbahra has about 661 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Piparbahra is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piparbahra covers 310.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piparbahra falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Piparbahra is Kalmitar, about 3.7 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 village for Piparbahra.

Piparbahra is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparbahra is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kalmitar is about 3.7 km away. Ratanpur is about 11 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banghat (2.7 km), Salheghori (4.4 km) and Kotariyadand (5.2 km).

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

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