Pipraich

Pipraich
city
Pipraich Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°50′N 83°32′E / 26.83°N 83.53°E / 26.83; 83.53Coordinates: 26°50′N 83°32′E / 26.83°N 83.53°E / 26.83; 83.53
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	14,829
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Pipraich is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gorakhpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Pipraich block comes under the tehsil Sadar. It was declared a town on 25 November 1871, under the Bengal Chaukidari Act, of 1856 and is now administered as a town area under the U.P. Town Areas Act of 1914.

The prominent villages includes Govindpur,Gaura, Bardagaon, Hemchhapar, Baraipur, Bela, Jagdishpur, Mahuawa etc.The most educated villages like Govindpur and Gaura have produced numerous educated people in past which ranges from engineers,doctors,lawyers, lecturers, government employees working in IAF & Army.

The Govindpur and Gaura village has produced engineers who are working in IT companies like IBM, AMDOCS, Mahindra Satyam, HSBC, Hewitt Assocites,SAMSUNG, WNS, ABB Automation & ORACLE. Girls in Govindpur and Gaura are also one step ahead compared to all other villages. The girls are very well educated in many fields like MBBS, Engineering, M.Sc, B.Ed & Law.

Another village Khurhuriya is 1.5 km ahead from Pipraich in the east. Majority of Schedule caste in khurhuriya.Many Engineers and doctors produced by this village.

Pipraich is well connected by rail & road. The Co-operative Inter College is located in the heart of town. It has three cinema halls and one Sugar Mill also.

History

It was declared a town on 25 November 1871, under the Bengal Chaukidari Act, of 1856 and is now administered as a town area under the U.P. Town Areas Act of 1914. The Town covers an area of 2.8 km². and had a population of 7,162 in 1971. The town area committee consists of 11 members including the chairman, all elected by its inhabitants for a term of four years. This period can, however, be extended by government in special cases.

The total income and expenditure of the committee was Rs 90,422 and Rs 1,05,710 respectively in 1973-74. The town has its own waterworks, commissioned in 1971. There were 129 water taps with 2,438 m of pipelines in 1971. Electricity became available for street lighting in the town in 1962. There were 40 electric street lamps in 1972–73. The committee also makes arrangements for the cleansing of roads, streets and drains in the town.

Block Statistics

The details of 62 Gram Panchayats coming under Pipraich block are given below-

AGAYA, ARAJI BASDILA, ARAJI CHAURI, BAHRAMPUR, BARAIPUR, BARAULI, BARSAINI, BASANTPUR, BASDILA RAUSAR, BELA, BELWA KHURD, BHAISAHA,CHANGAHI,CHILBILWA, GAURA, GOPALPUR, HARKHAPUR, HARPUR, HEMCHHAPAR, HEMDHAPUR, IMILIYA URF BIJAHARA, ISLAMPUR, JAGDISHPUR, JN. SUBHAN ALI, KAITHAWALIYA,KARMAINI, KEWATALI, KONI, KUSAMHI KOTHI, LAKHESARA, LUHASI, MADAPAR, MADHOPUR, MAHARAJI, MAHMUDABAD, MAHUAWA KHURD, MAHUAWA URF KATAIYA,MATHIYA, MATIHANIYA JANUBI, MATIHANIYA SOMALI, MUDERI GARHAWA, NAIYAPAR KHURD, NATHUWA, PIPARAHI, PIPRA BASANT, PIPRA MUGLAN, RAKSHAVAPAR,RAMNAGAR KARANJAHA, RAMUDIHA, RAMVAPUR, RAUTPAR, RITHIYA, RUDRAPUR, SARANDA, SIDHAULI, SIDHAWAL, SINHORIYA, SISWA URF CHANKAPUR, SONBARSA KHURD,SONVE GONARAHA,UNAULA DOYAM & USKA

Geography

Pipraich is located at 26°50′N 83°32′E / 26.83°N 83.53°E / 26.83; 83.53.^[1] It has an average elevation of 71 metres (232 feet). It is located 20 km North-East of Gorakhpur city. The Gorakhpur airport is located at distance of 15 km from Pipraich town.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Pipraich had a population of 1,25,762. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pipraich has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 51%. In Pipraich, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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Police and Administration

The Pipraich block have its own police station. The Development Block Pipraich was inaugurated on April 1, 1960. The Pipraich Block is under Lok Sabha Kshetra 38- Gorakhpur and Vidhan Sabha Kshetra 168- Pipraich.

Political Representation

UP State Election 2007

Transport

The Pipraich railway station is located North East of Gorakhpur. It comes under NER(North Eastern Railway) zone. It provides good connectivity to daily commuters, working class & college going students. The Pipraich railway station code is 'PPC'. Currently the following main trains have stoppage at Pipraich railway station-

Disclaimer- Train timings are subject to change. Please match train timings with following websites-

• https://www.irctc.co.in/
• http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

Education

It has many intermediate and degree colleges which provide quality education.

Schools

• SUNRISE ACADEMY, MAHUAWAN KHURD
• Durga Public School, Kusumhi
• Coopereative Intermediate College
• Pandit Deen Dayal Intermediate College
• Vikas Bharti School, Bhartipuram, Unaula
• Navals Girls Degree College, Kushumhi
• Nath Chandrawat Mahavidyalya, Jagdishpur
• Gayatri Devi Degree College, Pathara Badago
• Swarand Jaiyanti Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Pipraich
• Lotus Public School,Pipraich
• Nehru inter college, pipraich
• Central Children Academy,Pipraich
• Abacus Institute of Computer Science, Bada Goan, Pipraich

Others

View details of money alloted to each Gram Panchayats under NREGA scheme-

• http://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/home.aspx

Report any kind of corruption cases to UP Vigilance Department-

• http://vigilance.up.nic.in/

(Use phone numbers of UP Vigilance Officers to report corruption)

Report any kind of corruption cases to Central Vigilance Department-

• http://cvc.nic.in/

(Use phone number of Central Vigilance Officers to report corruption)

Right To Information (RTI)-

• http://rti.gov.in/
• http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/content/

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