About Paikan Village

Paikan is a large village in Katigora tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,848, made up of 1,455 males and 1,393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.3 hectares hectares.

Paikan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Katigora
Area (hectares)	167.3 hectares
Population	2,848
Male Population	1,455
Female Population	1,393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paikan compares

By the 2011 count Paikan is the 19th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents. Its 167.3 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Paikan

Paikan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paikan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Niz Leverpute Pt Ii, Noon Nagar, Noonchuri Boro Punjee and Noonchuri Punjee. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Paikan

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikan village had a population of 2,848. That makes it the 19th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents.

Paikan village has 1,455 males and 1,393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikan has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Paikan covers 167.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paikan falls under Katigora tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Paikan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Paikan.

Paikan is in Katigora tehsil of Cachar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.