About Piplaj Village

Piplaj is a mid sized village in Dharampuri tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 369 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.6 hectares hectares.

Piplaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplaj village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Dharampuri
Area (hectares)	185.6 hectares
Population	755
Male Population	369
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piplaj compares

By the 2011 count Piplaj is the 61st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents. Its 185.6 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Piplaj

Piplaj is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Piplaj as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Piplaj from other places

Piplaj lies about 47 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 33 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 Piplaj
Nearest town	Maheshwar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharampuri	30 km
Nearest railway station	Patalpani Waterfall	33 km
District headquarters	Dhar	47 km

Villages closest to Piplaj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplaj village had a population of 755. That makes it the 61st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents.

Piplaj village has 369 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplaj has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Piplaj covers 185.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piplaj falls under Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piplaj is Patalpani Waterfall, about 33 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Piplaj.

Piplaj is about 47 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplaj is in Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district. Maheshwar is about 11 km away. Dharampuri is about 30 km away. Patalpani Waterfall is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.