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About Pipraha Village

Pipraha is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 77 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.34 hectares hectares.

Pipraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pipraha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 30.34 hectares
Population 145
Male Population 77
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Pipraha compares

By the 2011 count Pipraha is the 586th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 30.34 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 993.

Getting to Pipraha

Pipraha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Pipraha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pipraha from other places

Pipraha lies about 29 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 25 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 Pipraha
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 14 km
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 25 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 29 km

Villages closest to Pipraha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pipraha village had a population of 145. That makes it the 586th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Pipraha village has 77 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pipraha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Pipraha covers 30.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pipraha falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pipraha is Sahjanwa, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Pipraha.

Pipraha is about 29 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pipraha is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 14 km away. Sahjanwa is about 25 km away. Gorakhpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hundari (under 2 km), Pindara (under 2 km) and Bhatauli Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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