Pipra, Nagar Panchayat

The genus Pipra was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1764.

The name was used by Ancient Greek authors such as Aristotle for a small bird but it is unclear which species it referred to.

The type species was designated as the crimson-hooded manakin in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray.

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 42 Pipra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Pipra and Kishanpur community development blocks; Veena, Laudh, Karhio, Amha, Hardi East and Hardi West gram panchayats of Supaul CD Block.

According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Pipra village is 221389. Pipra village is located in Pipra subdivision of Supaul district in Bihar, India. It is situated 23km away from district headquarter Pipra. Pipra is the sub-district headquarter of Pipra village. As per 2009 stats, Pipra village is also a gram panchayat.