# Pipra Village, Bankatwa, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bankatwa, Purba Champaran 

# Pipra

Pipra is a village in Bankatwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,564 people in 240 households**, the 17th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.6%.

- 1,564people (2011)
- 240households
- 62.0%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Pipra PIN code and other codes

Pipra falls in Bankatwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJitpur
- Community development blockBankatwa
- Census village code217763

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

## How far is Pipra from nearby towns?

- Bankatwa (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)28 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town)25 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 Pipra?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pipra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chakia
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Pipra known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 83% of the 238 hectares of village land is sown, and 175 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 Pipra

Of every 100 households in Pipra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pipra · ■ Bankatwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**36%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**16%

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 Pipra?

■ Pipra · ■ Bankatwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**50.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**937

Working population ****49.3%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 53.2% for women. 55% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 510 (66%)

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 Bankatwa

- Jolahgawan2,473 people
- KudarKat2,178 people
- Dhanukhi2,152 people
- Bela1,747 people
- Sundarpur1,266 people
- Siripur1,164 people
- Balua Tola Dhanukhi897 people

[All 23 villages in Bankatwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/bankatwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pipra from Motihari?28 km by road
- What is the population of Pipra?1,564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pipra in?Purba Champaran district (Bankatwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pipra?62.0% (Census 2011)