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About Piprahi Village

Piprahi is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 4 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.85 hectares hectares.

Piprahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piprahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 11.85 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 4
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piprahi compares

By the 2011 count Piprahi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 11.85 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1003.

Getting to Piprahi

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

Piprahi lies about 32 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Gauri Bazar, about 8.3 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 Piprahi
Nearest railway station Gauri Bazar 8.3 km
Nearest town Rūdarpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 25 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 32 km

Villages closest to Piprahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Piprahi village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Piprahi village has 4 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piprahi has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Piprahi covers 11.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Piprahi falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piprahi is Gauri Bazar, about 8.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Piprahi.

Piprahi is about 32 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piprahi is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Gauri Bazar is about 8.3 km away. Rūdarpur is about 13 km away. Bansgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piperpati (2.3 km), Belwa Sahay (2.8 km) and Majhwa (3.8 km).

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

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