# Piplan Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Piplan

Piplan is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,502 people in 785 households**, the 29th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 3,502people (2011)
- 785households
- 62.5%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piplan

Of every 100 households in Piplan in 2011, 46 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Piplan · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**72%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**24%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Piplan?

■ Piplan · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**939

Working population ****41.7%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 51.9% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 525 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (22%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 160 (11%) · **■** Marginal 438 (30%)

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 Raiganj

- Gobindapur3,690 people
- Udaypur3,690 people
- Tenahari3,512 people
- Lohanda3,511 people
- Bhitihar3,501 people
- Maharajpur3,441 people
- Tazpur3,313 people
- Chapduar3,277 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piplan?3,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piplan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piplan?62.5% (Census 2011)