Piplodi

Piplodi पिपलोदी
Village
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Coordinates: 24°15′18″N76°43′57″E / 24.2550695°N 76.7324414°E / 24.2550695; 76.7324414
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Manohar Thana
Gram Panchayat	Manohar Thana
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Member of Parliament Jhalawar-Baran (Lok Sabha constituency)	Dushyant Singh (BJP)
•  Member of Legislative Assembly Atru-Baran Legislative constituency	Govind Prasad (BJP)
Population  (2011)
• Total	711
Demonym	Rajasthani
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Native	Hadoti
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	326037
Sex ratio	953 ♀/♂

Piplodi is a small village in the Manohar Thana tehsil of Jhalawar district, Rajasthan. ^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Population Census, it has 148 families and a total population of 711, with 364 males and 347 females. Children aged 0-6 make up 18.99% of the population, totaling 135. The village's average sex ratio is 953, which is higher than Rajasthan's average of 928. However, the child sex ratio is 753, lower than the state's average of 888. Piplodi's literacy rate of 55.38% in 2011 was lower than Rajasthan's average of 66.11%. Male literacy in the village was 66.20%, while female literacy was 44.64%. ^{[2] [3]}

Notable incidents

Government school roof collapse

Main article: Piplodi school roof collapse

On 25 July 2025, roof of a government primary school collapsed. The collapse, which happened during school hours as students were preparing for morning prayers, resulted in seven fatalities and numerous injuries among the 40 to 60 students believed to be in the building. ^[4]

References

1. "A Rajasthan village becomes site of 7 funerals and many shattered families". The Indian Express. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
2. "Piplodi Village Population - Manohar Thana - Jhalawar, Rajasthan". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
3. "Map of Piplodi village in Manohar Thana tahsil, Jhalawar, Rajasthan". villagemap.net. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
4. "India: Collapsed roof in Rajasthan school kills children – DW – 07/25/2025". dw.com. Retrieved 25 July 2025.