# Piprawan Village, Dhanarua, Patna (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dhanarua, Patna 

# Piprawan

Piprawan is a village in Dhanarua sub-district of Patna district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,818 people in 307 households**, the 40th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 1,818people (2011)
- 307households
- 54.8%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Piprawan PIN code and other codes

Piprawan falls in Dhanarua sub-district, Patna district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBahrampur
- Community development blockDhanarua
- Census village code246036

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

## How far is Piprawan from nearby towns?

- Dhanarua (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Patna (district HQ)37 km by road
- Masaurhi (nearest town)19 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 Piprawan?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Masaurhi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Patna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Piprawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and oil seeds**. About 82% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 118 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 Piprawan

Of every 100 households in Piprawan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Piprawan · ■ Dhanarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**48%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****73%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Piprawan?

■ Piprawan · ■ Dhanarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**947

Working population ****48.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 38.4% for women. 48% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (15%) · **■** Household industry 36 (4%) · **■** Other work 13 (1%) · **■** Marginal 547 (62%)

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 Dhanarua

- Pakaura1,966 people
- Kashinagar1,947 people
- Bari Bigha1,939 people
- Siria1,937 people
- Seoti1,798 people
- Bara1,790 people
- Nemra1,735 people
- Amarpur1,713 people

[All 122 villages in Dhanarua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/patna/dhanarua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Piprawan from Patna?37 km by road
- What is the population of Piprawan?1,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piprawan in?Patna district (Dhanarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Piprawan?54.8% (Census 2011)