About Piplani Village

Piplani is a large village in Harsud tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,015, made up of 1,075 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 602.5 hectares hectares.

Piplani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piplani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Harsud
Area (hectares)	602.5 hectares
Population	2,015
Male Population	1,075
Female Population	940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piplani compares

By the 2011 count Piplani is the 8th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents. Its 602.5 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Piplani

Piplani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piplani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Piplani from other places

Piplani lies about 57 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Dagarkhedi, about 5.0 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 Piplani
Nearest railway station	Dagarkhedi	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harsud	7.2 km
Nearest town	Khirkiya	8.2 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	57 km

Villages closest to Piplani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piplani village had a population of 2,015. That makes it the 8th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents.

Piplani village has 1,075 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piplani has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Piplani covers 602.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piplani falls under Harsud tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piplani is Dagarkhedi, about 5.0 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 village for Piplani.

Piplani is about 57 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piplani is in Harsud tehsil of Khandwa district. Dagarkhedi is about 5.0 km away. Harsud is about 7.2 km away. Khirkiya is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.