About Pira Village

Pira is a large village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,793, made up of 1,520 males and 1,273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1399.1 hectares hectares.

Pira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pira village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Area (hectares)	1399.1 hectares
Population	2,793
Male Population	1,520
Female Population	1,273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Pira compares

By the 2011 count Pira is the 17th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 1399.1 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 887.

Getting to Pira

Pira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pira as Available within 5 - 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pira from other places

Pira lies about 35 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khajuraho, about 2.3 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 Pira
Nearest railway station	Khajuraho	2.3 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	12 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	35 km

Villages closest to Pira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pira village had a population of 2,793. That makes it the 17th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Pira village has 1,520 males and 1,273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pira has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Pira covers 1399.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pira falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pira is Khajuraho, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Pira is about 35 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pira is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khajuraho is about 2.3 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 8.3 km away. Rajnagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.