About Piplya Village

Piplya is a large village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,116, made up of 1,584 males and 1,532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823.46 hectares hectares.

Piplya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Kukshi
Area (hectares)	823.46 hectares
Population	3,116
Male Population	1,584
Female Population	1,532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Piplya compares

By the 2011 count Piplya is the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 823.46 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Piplya

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

How far is Piplya from other places

Piplya lies about 68 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 35 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 Piplya
Nearest town	Barwāni	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kukshi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	35 km
District headquarters	Dhar	68 km

Villages closest to Piplya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplya village had a population of 3,116. That makes it the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Piplya village has 1,584 males and 1,532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplya has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Piplya covers 823.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piplya falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piplya is Hathi gate station, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Piplya.

Piplya is about 68 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplya is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Barwāni is about 11 km away. Kukshi is about 14 km away. Hathi gate station is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.