# Piprarh Village, Rajpur, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Rajpur, Buxar 

# Piprarh

Piprarh is a village in Rajpur sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,747 people in 225 households**, the 43rd largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,747people (2011)
- 225households
- 73.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Piprarh PIN code and other codes

Piprarh falls in Rajpur sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHarpur
- Community development blockRajpur
- Census village code248528

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Piprarh from nearby towns?

- Rajpur (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Buxar (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Piprarh?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Piprarh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dewarhiya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kashipur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Piprarh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 450 hectares of village land is sown, and 350 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Piprarh

Of every 100 households in Piprarh in 2011, 3 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Piprarh · ■ Rajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**80%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****68%**

**47%

Television ****29%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Piprarh?

■ Piprarh · ■ Rajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**953

Working population ****25.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 65.0% for women. 37% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (31%) · **■** Household industry 32 (7%) · **■** Other work 39 (9%) · **■** Marginal 118 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Rajpur

- Kathrai1,842 people
- Gaidhara1,826 people
- Barupur1,789 people
- Patkhaulia1,786 people
- Sakhuana1,618 people
- Karma1,604 people
- Jalhara1,588 people
- Moharihan1,488 people

[All 236 villages in Rajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/rajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Piprarh from Buxar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Piprarh?1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piprarh in?Buxar district (Rajpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Piprarh?73.6% (Census 2011)