About Piraiya Village

Piraiya is a small village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 213 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piraiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491340
Area (hectares)	145.29 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	213
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piraiya compares

By the 2011 count Piraiya is the 144th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 145.29 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

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 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 Piraiya from other places

Piraiya lies about 83 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 23 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	15 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	23 km
District headquarters	Durg	83 km

Villages closest to Piraiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawagarh 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 439. That makes it the 144th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Piraiya village has 213 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piraiya has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Piraiya is 491340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piraiya covers 145.29 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 Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Piraiya is Hathbandh, about 23 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 Piraiya.

Piraiya is about 83 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piraiya is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 15 km away. Bemetāra is about 22 km away. Hathbandh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.