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About Piprahi Village

Piprahi is a small village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 119 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piprahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprahi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barkatha
Pincode 825323
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 251
Male Population 119
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
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 Piprahi compares

By the 2011 count Piprahi is the 66th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Piprahi

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

Piprahi lies about 29 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 23 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 Piprahi
Nearest railway station Sarmatanr 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Barkatha 29 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 29 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 29 km

Villages closest to Piprahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprahi village had a population of 251. That makes it the 66th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Piprahi village has 119 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprahi has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Piprahi is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piprahi covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piprahi falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piprahi is Sarmatanr, about 23 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 Piprahi.

Piprahi is about 29 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprahi is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 23 km away. Barkatha is about 29 km away. Hazaribagh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khario (under 2 km), Dhobari (under 2 km) and Kawalu (under 2 km).

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

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