PIPILI

About Pipili

Pipili (also known as Pipli) is a town and a NAC under jurisdiction of Puri district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is famous for designing beautiful Applique handicrafts. It is a town of artisans famous for their colourful fabrics. Pipili is located at 20.12N 85.83E.[1] It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet). It is thirty-six kilometres from Puri, at the junction where the Konark road branches from the Bhubaneswar to Puri road.As of 2001 India census,[2] Pipili had a population of 14,263. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pipili has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 63%. In Pipili, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.