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About Piparahi Village

Piparahi is a small village in Chhura tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 211 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493996, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piparahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Chhura
Pincode 493996
Area (hectares) 215.8 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 211
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Piparahi compares

By the 2011 count Piparahi is the 95th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 215.8 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Piparahi

Piparahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piparahi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piparahi from other places

Piparahi lies about 77 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 29 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 Piparahi
Tehsil headquarters Chhura 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 29 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 35 km
District headquarters Raipur 77 km

Villages closest to Piparahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparahi village had a population of 435. That makes it the 95th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Piparahi village has 211 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparahi has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Piparahi is 493996. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piparahi covers 215.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piparahi falls under Chhura tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Piparahi is Komakhan railway station, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Piparahi.

Piparahi is about 77 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparahi is in Chhura tehsil of Raipur district. Chhura is about 2.9 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 29 km away. Mahāsamund is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kosambuda (under 2 km), Saragaon (1.6 km) and Dumardih (1.8 km).

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

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