About Pirpam Village

Pirpam is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 26 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 615 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.09 hectares hectares.

Pirpam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pirpam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	96.09 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	26
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	615
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pirpam compares

By the 2011 count Pirpam is the 173rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 96.09 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Pirpam

Pirpam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pirpam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pirpam from other places

Pirpam lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 11 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 Pirpam
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	17 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	21 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Pirpam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pirpam village had a population of 42. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Pirpam village has 26 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pirpam has about 615 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Pirpam covers 96.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pirpam falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pirpam is Tinpahar Junction, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pirpam.

Pirpam is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pirpam is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 11 km away. Taljhari is about 17 km away. Rājmahal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.