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About Piplya Village

Piplya is a small village in Bamori tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 261 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 759 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares.

Piplya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Bamori
Area (hectares) 335 hectares
Population 459
Male Population 261
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 759
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piplya compares

By the 2011 count Piplya is the 136th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 936.

Getting to Piplya

Piplya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Piplya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Piplya from other places

Piplya lies about 28 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Motipura Chauki, about 11 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 railway station Motipura Chauki 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bamori 19 km
Nearest town Chhabra 21 km
District headquarters Guna 28 km

Villages closest to Piplya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplya village had a population of 459. That makes it the 136th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Piplya village has 261 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplya has about 759 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Piplya covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piplya falls under Bamori tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piplya is Motipura Chauki, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Piplya.

Piplya is about 28 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplya is in Bamori tehsil of Guna district. Motipura Chauki is about 11 km away. Bamori is about 19 km away. Chhabra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Piplya (under 2 km), Churela (2.0 km) and Parwah (2.4 km).

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

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