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About Pirai Village

Pirai is a small village in Malthon tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 264 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.15 hectares hectares.

Pirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pirai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Malthon
Area (hectares) 226.15 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 264
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 807
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pirai compares

By the 2011 count Pirai is the 110th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 226.15 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Pirai

Pirai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pirai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pirai from other places

Pirai lies about 27 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan, about 12 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 Pirai
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan 12 km
Nearest town Khurai 25 km
District headquarters Sagar 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Malthon 31 km

Villages closest to Pirai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pirai village had a population of 477. That makes it the 110th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Pirai village has 264 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pirai has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Pirai covers 226.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pirai falls under Malthon tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pirai is Relwai Stesan, about 12 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 - 10 km distance for Pirai.

Pirai is about 27 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pirai is in Malthon tehsil of Sagar district. Relwai Stesan is about 12 km away. Khurai is about 25 km away. Sagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadhupur (under 2 km), Mudri Pithoriya (2.5 km) and Muhli Pithoriya (2.5 km).

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

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