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About Piparkhar Kalan Village

Piparkhar Kalan is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 339 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piparkhar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparkhar Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 358.8 hectares
Population 691
Male Population 339
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Piparkhar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Piparkhar Kalan is the 97th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 358.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Piparkhar Kalan

Piparkhar Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Piparkhar Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piparkhar Kalan from other places

Piparkhar Kalan lies about 45 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 2.6 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 Piparkhar Kalan
Nearest railway station Bortalao 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 15 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 45 km

Villages closest to Piparkhar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 Piparkhar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparkhar Kalan village had a population of 691. That makes it the 97th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Piparkhar Kalan village has 339 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparkhar Kalan has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Piparkhar Kalan is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piparkhar Kalan covers 358.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piparkhar Kalan falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Piparkhar Kalan is Bortalao, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Piparkhar Kalan.

Piparkhar Kalan is about 45 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparkhar Kalan is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about 2.6 km away. Dongargarh is about 15 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khampura (1.7 km), Chhindijob (1.9 km) and Bhursatola (2.1 km).

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

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