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About Piprakoni Village

Piprakoni is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 64 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piprakoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprakoni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825406
Area (hectares) 34.08 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 64
Female Population 59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
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 Piprakoni compares

By the 2011 count Piprakoni is the 176th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 34.08 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 1035.

Getting to Piprakoni

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

Piprakoni lies about 48 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Urwan, about 12 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 Piprakoni
Nearest railway station Urwan 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 14 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 15 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 48 km

Villages closest to Piprakoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprakoni village had a population of 123. That makes it the 176th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Piprakoni village has 64 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprakoni has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Piprakoni is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piprakoni covers 34.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piprakoni falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piprakoni is Urwan, about 12 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 Piprakoni.

Piprakoni is about 48 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprakoni is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Urwan is about 12 km away. Chauparan is about 14 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barwadih (under 2 km), Rampur (under 2 km) and Nawagarh (under 2 km).

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

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