Piplaj observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Piplaj ranks #61 of 102 villages in Dharampuri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Piplaj is a village of 755 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Dharampuri tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 61st-largest of 102 villages in Dharampuri tehsil. Literacy is 35%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,046 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Dhar district centre, 60 km from Sunel, the nearest town, 30 km from Jhalarapatan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454552, served by Dhamnod post office; the LGD village code is 475831. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Haneef Khan, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Lilabai Bhabhar, and the village votes in Sanwer assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tulsiram Silawat. The population is estimated at 890 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Poplaj →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piplaj · this village | 755 | 35% | — |
| Piplaj · Khanpur | 2,702 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Piplaj · Barwani | 1,191 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Bahrawada · Khanpur | 1,113 | 24% | 2 km NE |
| Seemal Kheri · Khanpur | 585 | 69% | 2.6 km SW |
| Sojpur · Khanpur | 1,073 | 68% | 2.7 km S |
| Ghagharawata · Khanpur | 1,250 | 64% | 3 km S |
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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