About Piparjoria Village

Piparjoria is a mid sized village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 274 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piparjoria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparjoria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	184.79 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	274
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
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 Piparjoria compares

By the 2011 count Piparjoria is the 21st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 184.79 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Piparjoria

Piparjoria is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Piparjoria 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 Piparjoria from other places

Piparjoria lies about 36 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 21 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 Piparjoria
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	21 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	36 km

Villages closest to Piparjoria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparjoria village had a population of 533. That makes it the 21st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Piparjoria village has 274 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparjoria has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Piparjoria is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piparjoria covers 184.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piparjoria falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piparjoria is Harinsing, about 21 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 Piparjoria.

Piparjoria is about 36 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparjoria is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 7.8 km away. Harinsing is about 21 km away. Nalhāti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.