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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pipra is a village in Banmankhi mandal, Purnia district, Bihar. It has a population of 6,264 across 1,345 households with a literacy rate of 51.1%. The village is located at coordinates 26.158°N, 86.797°E with PIN code 854202.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR RISHI
Contact: 77****0943
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- LGD code
- 223016
- Pincode
- 854202
- Post office
- Banmankhi
- Population
- 6,264
- Households
- 1,345
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,991
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Patna
- 177 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 429 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tharbitia · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- common hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pipra compares
By population, Pipra ranks #24 of 107 villages in Banmankhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
+11.0% vs mandal average
- Pipra
- 51.1%
- Banmankhi mandal
- 40.1%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
+7 vs mandal average
- Pipra
- 919
- Banmankhi mandal
- 912
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Pipra
- 4.7
- Banmankhi mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pipra at a glance
Pipra is a village of 6,264 people in 1,345 households (Census 2011) in Banmankhi block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 24th-largest of 107 villages in Banmankhi block. Literacy is 51%, 11 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Purnia district centre, 13 km from Gamharia, the nearest town, 15 km from Tharbitia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854202, served by Banmankhi post office; the LGD village code is 223016. The nearest hospital or health centre is common hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR RISHI, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 7,385 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pipra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANMANKHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pipra
- Total area (ha)
- 560.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 328.27
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pipra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pipra
- LGD code
- 223016
- Pincode
- 854202
- Post office
- Banmankhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,264
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,385
- Households
- 1,345
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Coordinates
- 26.15792°N, 86.79735°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR RISHI
- Block / Mandal
- Banmankhi
Getting there
How to reach Pipra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna177 kmcapital
- Kolkata429 km
- Delhi985 km
- Hyderabad1298 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTharbitia15 km
- Bus stopPIPRA SUPAUL BUS STAND<1 km
- Hospital / PHCcommon hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of India<1 km
- Petrol pumpMadhepura Fuel Center25 km
- CollegeMadhepura College25 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station26 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pipra
7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Pipra
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
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- Burhia DhanghattaBanmankhi mandal10,720 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)