Piparpur, Bhadar

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Piparpur Pīparpur
Village
Map showing Piparpur (#548) in Bhadar CD block
Piparpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°08′09″N82°00′47″E / 26.135812°N 82.013129°E / 26.135812; 82.013129 [1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	9.70 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	6,825
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Piparpur is a village in Bhadar block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. ^[2] The historical capital of the pargana of Asal, Piparpur is located on the road from Amethi to Chanda, just west of the intersection with the main Allahabad-Faizabad road. ^[3] Running through the village is a stream that originates in the Bhujwa jhil and flows into neighbouring Prataphgarh district where it joins with the Chamraura. ^[3] The banks of this stream are well-wooded; they used to be more so, but a lot of it was cut down around the turn of the 20th century to provide materials for the railway. ^[3] There is also some significant usar land, especially in the north of the village. ^[3]

Piparpur has a train station on the Faizabad-Sultanpur-Allahabad branch of the Northern Railway zone; it is located 13 km from the previous station at Sultanpur Junction and 11 km from the next station at Khundaur. ^[4] The station is located to the east of the village. ^[3]

As of 2011, Piparpur has a population of 6,825 people, in 1,022 households. ^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and hosts both a permanent market and a weekly haat. ^[2] Besides Piparpur proper, there are also 15 dependent hamlets that are included in the village lands. ^[3] Piparpur serves as the seat of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 18 other villages. ^[5]

History

Piparpur was the capital and main settlement in the historical pargana of Asal. ^[3] The Piparpur railway station was built in 1901; ^[4] before this, its main claim to importance was as the seat of a police thana. ^[3] It also held a market. ^[3] At the turn of the 20th century, Piparpur was held in bhaiyachara tenure by a huge group of over 200 Bachgoti Rajputs along with a few Kayasths and Banias. ^[3] Due to conflict among the landowners, a process of partition was begun in 1902. ^[3] Its population as of 1901 was 1,806 people, mostly Rajputs; in addition to the Hindu population there was also a small Muslim minority of 101. ^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Piparpur (as "Piperpur") as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 2,167 people (1,084 male and 1,083 female), in 449 households and 381 physical houses. ^[6] 145 residents were literate, all male. ^[6] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Asal and the thana of Piparpur. ^[6] Either it or the Piparpur in Bhetua block had a district board-run primary school with 120 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951. ^[6]

The 1961 census recorded Piparpur as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 2,366 people (1,194 male and 1,172 female), in 465 households and 422 physical houses. ^[4] The area of the village was given as 2,519 acres. ^[4]

The 1981 census recorded Piparpur as having a population of 3,078 people, in 624 households, and having an area of 1,019.44 hectares. ^[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. ^[7]

The 1991 census recorded Piparpur (as "Piper Pur") as having a total population of 4,717 people (2,391 male and 2,326 female), in 735 households and 730 physical houses. ^[5] The area of the village was listed as 1,017.00 hectares. ^[5] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 1,008, or 21% of the total; this group was 50% male (504) and 50% female (504). ^[5] Members of scheduled castes numbered 508, or 21% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. ^[5] The literacy rate of the village was 34% (1,023 men and 396 women, counting only people age 7 and up). ^[5] 1,463 people were classified as main workers (1,184 men and 279 women), while 97 people were classified as marginal workers (2 men and 95 women); the remaining 3,157 residents were non-workers. ^[5] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 717 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 374 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 3 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 28 household industry workers; 142 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 18 construction workers; 36 employed in trade and commerce; 19 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 126 in other services. ^[5]

References

1. "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
2. "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 243–59. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
3. Nevill, H.R. (1903). Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 160–1, 202. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 128, 132, liv–lv. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 150–1. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
6. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 102–3, 198. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
7. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 124–5. Retrieved 25 December 2021.