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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEELIP SINGH PAIKRA
Contact: 90****3455
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- LGD code
- 437983
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population
- 391
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 47.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 197
Census 2011 · in context
How Piparpara compares
By population, Piparpara ranks #42 of 48 villages in Ratanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.6%
−10.8% vs mandal average
- Piparpara
- 47.6%
- Ratanpur mandal
- 58.4%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+28 vs mandal average
- Piparpara
- 1,015
- Ratanpur mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Piparpara
- 3.7
- Ratanpur mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Piparpara at a glance
Piparpara is a village of 391 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Ratanpur tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 48 villages in Ratanpur tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495112, served by Ganiyari post office; the LGD village code is 437983. The sarpanch is DEELIP SINGH PAIKRA, and the village votes in Bilha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dharam Lal Kaushik. The population is estimated at 461 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Piparpara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RIGWAR
- Total area (ha)
- 83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Piparpara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Piparpara
- LGD code
- 437983
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 391
- Population (projected 2026)
- 461
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 47.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bilaspur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilha
- Member of Parliament
- Tokhan Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dharam Lal Kaushik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEELIP SINGH PAIKRA
- Block / Mandal
- Ratanpur
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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