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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
amit singh
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- LGD code
- 503419
- Pincode
- 486882
- Post office
- Chitrangi
- Population
- 438
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 276
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 144 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 564 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 613 km
- Nearest railway station
- Phaphrakund · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Khatai · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Piparjhar compares
By population, Piparjhar ranks #199 of 283 villages in Chitrangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.9%
+5.5% vs mandal average
- Piparjhar
- 50.9%
- Chitrangi mandal
- 45.4%
- Singrauli district
- 49.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
−30 vs mandal average
- Piparjhar
- 904
- Chitrangi mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Piparjhar
- 5.0
- Chitrangi mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Piparjhar at a glance
Piparjhar is a village of 438 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Chitrangi tehsil, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, the 199th-largest of 283 villages in Chitrangi tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Singrauli district centre, 29 km from Salkhan, the nearest town, 26 km from Phaphrakund railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486882, served by Chitrangi post office; the LGD village code is 503419. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Khatai, 21 km away. The sarpanch is amit singh, and the village votes in Gurh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 516 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Piparjhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SINGRAULI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 87.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Piparjhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Piparjhar
- LGD code
- 503419
- Pincode
- 486882
- Post office
- Chitrangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 438
- Population (projected 2026)
- 516
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.59569°N, 82.76235°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gurh
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- amit singh
- Block / Mandal
- Chitrangi
Getting there
How to reach Piparjhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal564 kmcapital
- Kolkata613 km
- Delhi710 km
- Hyderabad916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPhaphrakund26 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Khatai21 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank32 km
- CollegeArya Samaj School50 km
- Police stationRobertsganj Police Thana32 km
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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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)