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About Piraya Village

Piraya is a small village in Umred tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 231 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.16 hectares hectares.

Piraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piraya village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Umred
Area (hectares) 449.16 hectares
Population 442
Male Population 231
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Piraya compares

By the 2011 count Piraya is the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 751 residents. Its 449.16 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Piraya

The census records public bus service for Piraya as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piraya from other places

Piraya lies about 40 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Umred, about 2.5 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 Piraya
Nearest railway station Umred 2.5 km
District headquarters Nagpur 40 km

Villages closest to Piraya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piraya village had a population of 442. That makes it the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 751 residents.

Piraya village has 231 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piraya has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Piraya covers 449.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piraya falls under Umred tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Piraya is Umred, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Piraya.

Piraya is about 40 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piraya is in Umred tehsil of Nagpur district. Umred is about 2.5 km away. Nagpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Seo (2.4 km), Amboli (2.4 km) and Bhapsi (2.6 km).

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

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