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About Chiyan Piplat Village

Chiyan Piplat is a small village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 130 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiyan Piplat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiyan Piplat village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Kamrau
Pincode 173022
Area (hectares) 73.39 hectares
Population 261
Male Population 130
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiyan Piplat compares

By the 2011 count Chiyan Piplat is the 40th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 73.39 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chiyan Piplat

Chiyan Piplat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chiyan Piplat as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chiyan Piplat from other places

Chiyan Piplat lies about 15 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Chiyan Piplat
Tehsil headquarters Kamrau 13 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 15 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 20 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 54 km

Villages closest to Chiyan Piplat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kamrau 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 Chiyan Piplat

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiyan Piplat village had a population of 261. That makes it the 40th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Chiyan Piplat village has 130 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiyan Piplat has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chiyan Piplat is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiyan Piplat covers 73.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chiyan Piplat falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chiyan Piplat is Salogra, about 54 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chiyan Piplat.

Chiyan Piplat is about 15 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiyan Piplat is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 13 km away. Sirmaur is about 15 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamola Kyar (under 2 km), Chandni (3.1 km) and Sakhauli (3.8 km).

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

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