Piparpur, Bhetua

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Piparpur
Village
Map showing Piparpur (#449) in Bhetua CD block
Piparpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°12′49″N81°53′00″E / 26.213612°N 81.883381°E / 26.213612; 81.883381 [1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	2.581 km2 (0.997 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	1,025
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Piparpur is a village in Bhetua block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. ^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,025 people, in 186 households. ^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market. ^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Amey Maphi. ^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Piparpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 318 people (156 male and 162 female), in 66 households and 54 physical houses. ^[4] 22 residents were literate, all male. ^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Raipur. ^[4] Either it or the Piparpur in Bhadar block had a district board-run primary school with 120 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951. ^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Piparpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 338 people (170 male and 168 female), in 69 households and 66 physical houses. ^[5] The area of the village was given as 671 acres and it had a post office at that point. ^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Piparpur as having a population of 399 people, in 81 households, and having an area of 265.89 hectares. ^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. ^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Piparpur as having a total population of 560 people (291 male and 269 female), in 102 households and 100 physical houses. ^[3] The area of the village was listed as 266.00 hectares. ^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 107, or 19% of the total; this group was 53% male (57) and 47% female (50). ^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 258, or 46% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. ^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 24% (106 men and 3 women, counting only people age 7 and up). ^[3] 155 people were classified as main workers (138 men and 17 women), while 2 people were classified as marginal workers (both women); the remaining 403 residents were non-workers. ^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 48 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 70 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; 2 household industry workers; 14 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 12 in other services. ^[3]

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. 226–42. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
3. Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 140–1. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 102–3, 198. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. xlvi–xlvii. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
6. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 104–5. Retrieved 25 December 2021.