Notified Area Council · Puri district
Pipili
Pipili is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Puri district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 17,623 people in 3,552 households, up 23.6% from 14,263 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 17,623
- Literacy
- 86.2%
- Area
- 8.8 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 16
- Sub-district
- Pipili
- LGD body code
- 250521
People and work in Pipili
- Population
- 17,623
- 9,036 male · 8,587 female
- Households
- 3,552
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.2%
- men 91.1% · women 81.0%below urban Puri (87.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 950
- above urban Puri (931)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 973
- People per km²
- 2,003
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,866 (16.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 153 (0.9%)
What the 5,822 workers did
- Cultivators415 (7.1%)
- Agricultural labourers346 (5.9%)
- Household industry648 (11.1%)
- Other work3,582 (61.5%)
- Marginal workers831 (14.3%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Pipili was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 8.8 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Pipili
- Annual rainfall
- 1,625 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 24 km by road
- District headquarters
- Puri, 40 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jatni, 12 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 20 km
- Roads
- 70 km pucca, 85 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,934
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 18 (11 government, 7 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 12 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Nursing homes
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 16
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 2
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Applique, Coir Products
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Puri
See also: Pipili sub-district · People of Puri district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Pipili as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.