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About Piarpur Village

Piarpur is a mid sized village in Udhwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 989, made up of 522 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piarpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Udhwa
Pincode 816108
Area (hectares) 551.19 hectares
Population 989
Male Population 522
Female Population 467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Piarpur compares

By the 2011 count Piarpur is the 31st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents. Its 551.19 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 982.

Getting to Piarpur

Piarpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Piarpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piarpur from other places

Piarpur lies about 45 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, 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 Piarpur
Tehsil headquarters Udhwa 7.3 km
Nearest town Farakka 11 km
Nearest railway station Bakudi 12 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 45 km

Villages closest to Piarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piarpur village had a population of 989. That makes it the 31st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents.

Piarpur village has 522 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piarpur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Piarpur is 816108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piarpur covers 551.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piarpur falls under Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piarpur is Bakudi, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Piarpur.

Piarpur is about 45 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piarpur is in Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Udhwa is about 7.3 km away. Farakka is about 11 km away. Bakudi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Srighar (under 2 km), Ratanlallpur (1.6 km) and Piarpur Diara (1.7 km).

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

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