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About Paikbahan Village

Paikbahan is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,629, made up of 868 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paikbahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikbahan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Pincode 855113
Area (hectares) 362.2 hectares
Population 1,629
Male Population 868
Female Population 761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Paikbahan compares

By the 2011 count Paikbahan is the 68th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 362.2 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Paikbahan

Paikbahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paikbahan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paikbahan from other places

Paikbahan lies about 24 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur Halt, about 2.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Paikbahan
Nearest railway station Kamalpur Halt 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Azamnagar 4.0 km
District headquarters Katihar 24 km

Villages closest to Paikbahan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Azamnagar tehsil.

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.

Common questions about Paikbahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikbahan village had a population of 1,629. That makes it the 68th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Paikbahan village has 868 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikbahan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Paikbahan is 855113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paikbahan covers 362.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paikbahan falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Paikbahan is Kamalpur Halt, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Paikbahan.

Paikbahan is about 24 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paikbahan is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Kamalpur Halt is about 2.9 km away. Azamnagar is about 4.0 km away. Katihar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaulhar (under 2 km), Chaulhar Milik (under 2 km) and Jhilipara (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Paikbahan today is likely to be higher.

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