Piplantri is a village in India, where villagers plant 111 trees every time a girl child is born. The local community ensures that these trees survive and attain fruition, as the girls grow up. Piplantri village is situated in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, India.

Neem tree

Planting trees when a girl child is born is unique to this village. Piplantri may be the only village in the world, known for planting a tree for the birth of a child. The villagers contribute Rs 21,000 collectively. The parents contribute Rupees 10,000. They deposit the total amount in a bank fixed deposit. The villagers also make the parents sign a legal contract, which restricts them from marrying the girl’s child off before she attains the legal age for marriage.

Shyam Sundar Paliwal, the former elected village head, was instrumental in starting the Birth Tree initiative in 2006. He did so in memory of his late daughter Kiran.

Neem, Mango, Amla, and Sheesham trees are planted as birthday plants. This has helped the groundwater level to increase. 2.5 million Aloe Vera plants were planted to keep the termites away. Aloe Vera is processed and marketed as a medicinal plant, and this helped the villagers to increase their earnings.

How Do I Go to Piplantri?

Piplantri is at a distance of around 15 kilometres from Rajsamand. Rajsamand town is named after Rajsamand Lake. Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, is around 330 kilometers from Piplantri.  Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, is approximately 335 kilometers distance.

Charbhuja Road railway station is around 30 kilometres distance. Nathdwara railway station is around 27 kilometers distance. Mavli Junction railway station is at about 53 kilometers distance.  Khemli railway station is around 64 kilometers away.

Maharana Pratap Airport at Udaipur is the nearest airport at around 87 kilometers distance.  Jodhpur Airport is about 185 kilometers distance. Deesa Airport alias Palanpur Airport at Deesa is around 274 kilometers from Piplantri village.