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About Piplana Village

Piplana is a large village in Manavadar tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,049, made up of 1,079 males and 970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 831.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piplana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplana village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Junagadh
Tehsil Manavadar
Pincode 362610
Area (hectares) 831.48 hectares
Population 2,049
Male Population 1,079
Female Population 970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piplana compares

By the 2011 count Piplana is the 14th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,576 residents. Its 831.48 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Piplana

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

Piplana lies about 24 km from Junagadh, and the nearest railway station is Lushala, about 10 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 Piplana
Nearest railway station Lushala 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Manavadar 13 km
Nearest town Mānāvadar 13 km
District headquarters Junagadh 24 km

Villages closest to Piplana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplana village had a population of 2,049. That makes it the 14th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,576 residents.

Piplana village has 1,079 males and 970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplana has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Piplana is 362610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piplana covers 831.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piplana falls under Manavadar tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Piplana is Lushala, about 10 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 Piplana.

Piplana is about 24 km from Junagadh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplana is in Manavadar tehsil of Junagadh district. Lushala is about 10 km away. Manavadar is about 13 km away. Mānāvadar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khakhavi (2.8 km), Sarang Pipli (5.0 km) and Katakpara (5.2 km).

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

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