| Pirpainti | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India3 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bhagalpur |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bhagalpur |
| Subdivision Type4: | Sub-division |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kahalgaon |
| Founder: | 2022 (as a town) |
| Government Type: | Nagar panchayat |
| Governing Body: | Pirpainti Nagar panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 25 |
| Population Total: | 9021 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[1] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Angika[2] |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bhagalpur |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Pirpainti |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Pirpainti is a town and a notified area in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a block of the Bhagalpur district and also a vidhansabha.
The name in itself is composed of two terms "Pir" and "payat". "Pir" is related to saints while "payat" in local terms means sitting in group for holistic purposes. However, there is a place of 'Pir' on the bank of river Ganga where people of go to worship. It is the biggest panchayat in Bhagalpur. Patna. Pirpainti consist of 89 Villages and 29 Panchayats. It is located around 232.9 km away from Patna. Pirpainti Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of 243 legislative assemblies of Bihar's legislative assembly. There are 1635 households in Pirpainti. Pirpainti Block is bounded by Mehrma Block towards South, Manihari Block towards East, Kahalgaon Block towards west, Mandro Block towards South.
As of 2011 Indian Census, Pirpainti had a total population of 9021, of which 4,786 were males and 4,235 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,774. Average sex ratio of Pirpainti village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child sex ratio for the Pirpainti as per census is 993, higher than Bihar average of 935. The total number of literates in Pirpainti was 3791, which constituted 42.02%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Pirpainti was 52.31%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 62 and 54 respectively. Pirpainti had 1,635 households in 2011.[3]
| Literacy Rate | 52.31% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Working Population | 30.45% | |||||
| Main Working Population | 33.99% | |||||
| Marginal Working Population | 63.01% | |||||
| Total Population | 9021 | Total male | 4786 | Total female | 4235 |
Pirpainti railway station is situated on Sahibganj Loop of the Malda railway division.[4]