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About Piprai Village

Piprai is one of the larger villages in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,037, made up of 4,734 males and 4,303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1523 hectares hectares.

Piprai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 1523 hectares
Population 9,037
Male Population 4,734
Female Population 4,303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Piprai compares

By the 2011 count Piprai is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 1523 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Piprai

Piprai 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 Piprai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piprai from other places

Piprai lies about 25 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about under 2 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 Piprai
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 18 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 25 km

Villages closest to Piprai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprai village had a population of 9,037. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Piprai village has 4,734 males and 4,303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprai has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Piprai covers 1523 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piprai falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piprai is Piprai Gaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Piprai.

Piprai is about 25 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprai is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about under 2 km away. Mungaoli is about 18 km away. Ashoknagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tatarpur (1.8 km), Barola (3.9 km) and Chirwas (4.0 km).

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

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