Pipraich
Pipraich Gorakhpur | |
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Town | |
| Coordinates: 26°50′N 83°32′E / 26.83°N 83.53°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Gorakhpur |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 125,762 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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.