Pipra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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Pipra is a village in Forbesganj mandal, Araria district, Bihar, with a population of 9,549 across 1,872 households. The village has a literacy rate of 40.4% and is located at 26.158°N, 86.797°E with PIN 854318.
By population, Pipra ranks #8 of 108 villages in Forbesganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pipra is a village of 9,549 people in 1,872 households (Census 2011) in Forbesganj block, Araria district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 108 villages in Forbesganj block. Literacy is 40%, 1 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Araria district centre, 13 km from Gamharia, the nearest town, 15 km from Tharbitia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854318, served by Forbesganj post office; the LGD village code is 221626. The nearest hospital or health centre is common hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is GANESH LAL MANDAL, and the village votes in Phulparas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 11,258 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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