Village · Kargahar, Rohtas
# Pipri

Pipri is a village in Kargahar sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 756 people in 107 households, the 119th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.
- 756 people (2011)
- 107 households
- 61.7% literacy
- 817 females per 1,000 males

## Pipri PIN code and other codes

Pipri falls in Kargahar sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Araruan
- Community development block Kargahar
- Census village code 251716

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Pipri from nearby towns?
- Kargahar (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ) 32 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town) 32 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Pipri?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Pipri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Gogahra
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Samalkhaira
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pipri known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 99% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Pipri

Of every 100 households in Pipri in 2011, 47 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 38 a car.

■ Pipri · ■ Kargahar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 9%
- Toilet within the home 96% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 4% 74%
- Tap water 68% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 63% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 94%
- Use banking services 65% 64%
- Television 64% 17%
- Mobile phone 60% 72%
- Computer with internet 40% 1%
- Two-wheeler 40% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 38% 4%
- None of these assets 0% 16%
- Own their home 25% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pipri?

■ Pipri · ■ Kargahar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 61.7% 75.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 817 908
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 831 918
- Working population 45.1% 31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 38.8% for women. 40% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 79 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 21 (6%) · ■ Household industry 8 (2%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 227 (67%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kargahar
- Ambalia 778 people
- Sarodih 769 people
- Bhaluni 761 people
- Patwadih 757 people
- Nemura 754 people
- Khoreya 749 people
- Maniari 731 people
- Usana 730 people

All 257 villages in Kargahar

## Quick answers
- How far is Pipri from Sasaram? 32 km by road
- What is the population of Pipri? 756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pipri in? Rohtas district (Kargahar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pipri? 61.7% (Census 2011)

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