| Piparpur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.2136°N 81.8834°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: | 2.581 |
| Population Total: | 1025 |
| 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 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.
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.[3] 22 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Raipur.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4] The area of the village was given as 671 acres and it had a post office at that point.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Piparpur as having a population of 399 people, in 81 households, and having an area of 265.89 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
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.[6] The area of the village was listed as 266.00 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 107, or 19% of the total; this group was 53% male (57) and 47% female (50).[6] Members of scheduled castes numbered 258, or 46% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 24% (106 men and 3 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[6] 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.[6] 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.[6]