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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN
Contact: 87****7862
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- LGD code
- 349099
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 399
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 122
Census 2011 · in context
How Pipra compares
By population, Pipra ranks #57 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.4%
+3.6% vs mandal average
Pipra59.4%
Itkhori mandal55.8%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−70 vs mandal average
Pipra909
Itkhori mandal979
Household size
people per home
6.8
+0.7 vs mandal average
Pipra6.8
Itkhori mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pipra at a glance
Pipra is a village of 399 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 57th-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 59%, 4 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 349099. The sarpanch is AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN. The population is estimated at 470 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipra · this village | 399 | 59% | — |
| Chandi Alias Pandi · Mayur Hand | 895 | 51% | — |
| Mayapur · Mayur Hand | 700 | 47% | — |
| Manhari · Mayur Hand | 654 | 55% | — |
| Sonpura Kalan · Mayur Hand | 469 | 56% | — |
| Sonpura Khurd · Mayur Hand | 391 | 68% | — |
| Ambatari · Mayur Hand | 374 | 52% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pipra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAWADA
- Total area (ha)
- 67.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- 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
- 349099
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 470
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)