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About Piriyaponch Village

Piriyaponch is a mid sized village in Bolba tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 956, made up of 468 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 806.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piriyaponch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piriyaponch village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Bolba
Pincode 835223
Area (hectares) 806.02 hectares
Population 956
Male Population 468
Female Population 488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piriyaponch compares

By the 2011 count Piriyaponch is the 15th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents. Its 806.02 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Piriyaponch

Piriyaponch is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piriyaponch as Available within village. 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 Piriyaponch from other places

Piriyaponch lies about 37 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 38 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 Piriyaponch
Tehsil headquarters Bolba 13 km
District headquarters Simdega 37 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 38 km

Villages closest to Piriyaponch

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piriyaponch village had a population of 956. That makes it the 15th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents.

Piriyaponch village has 468 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piriyaponch has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Piriyaponch is 835223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piriyaponch covers 806.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piriyaponch falls under Bolba tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piriyaponch is Garposh, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Piriyaponch.

Piriyaponch is about 37 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piriyaponch is in Bolba tehsil of Simdega district. Bolba is about 13 km away. Simdega is about 37 km away. Garposh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talmanga (1.8 km), Belkuba (2.2 km) and Rengarbahar (2.4 km).

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

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