| Piparpur | |
| Other Name: | Pīparpur |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.1358°N 82.0131°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Faizabad division |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Amethi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.70 |
| Population Total: | 6825 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
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. 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.
Piparpur was the capital and main settlement in the historical pargana of Asal.[3] The Piparpur railway station was built in 1901; 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.[4] 145 residents were literate, all male.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Asal and the thana of Piparpur.[4] 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.[4]
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.[5] The area of the village was given as 2,519 acres.[5]
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.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]
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.[7] The area of the village was listed as 1,017.00 hectares.[7] 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).[7] Members of scheduled castes numbered 508, or 21% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[7] The literacy rate of the village was 34% (1,023 men and 396 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[7] 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.[7] 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.[7]