About Piplaj Village

Piplaj is a large village in Dehgam tehsil, in the district of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,852, made up of 1,452 males and 1,400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1211.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piplaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplaj village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Gandhinagar
Tehsil	Dehgam
Pincode	382315
Area (hectares)	1211.19 hectares
Population	2,852
Male Population	1,452
Female Population	1,400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piplaj compares

By the 2011 count Piplaj is the 32nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents. Its 1211.19 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Piplaj

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

Piplaj lies about 30 km from Gandhinagar, and the nearest railway station is Maninagar, about 6.1 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 Piplaj
Nearest railway station	Maninagar	6.1 km
Nearest town	Sarkhej	6.2 km
District headquarters	Gandhinagar	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dehgam	35 km

Villages closest to Piplaj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplaj village had a population of 2,852. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents.

Piplaj village has 1,452 males and 1,400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplaj has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Piplaj is 382315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piplaj covers 1211.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piplaj falls under Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Piplaj is Maninagar, about 6.1 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Piplaj.

Piplaj is about 30 km from Gandhinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplaj is in Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district. Maninagar is about 6.1 km away. Sarkhej is about 6.2 km away. Gandhinagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.