About Paikant Village

Paikant is a large village in Gogri tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,553, made up of 2,375 males and 2,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 879 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 851213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paikant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikant village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Khagaria
Tehsil	Gogri
Pincode	851213
Area (hectares)	879 hectares
Population	4,553
Male Population	2,375
Female Population	2,178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paikant compares

By the 2011 count Paikant is the 26th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,758 residents. Its 879 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Paikant

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

How far is Paikant from other places

Paikant lies about 36 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Bharat Khand, about 3.6 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 Paikant
Nearest railway station	Bharat Khand	3.6 km
Nearest town	Gogri Jamālpur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gogri	18 km
District headquarters	Khagaria	36 km

Villages closest to Paikant

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

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Common questions about Paikant

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikant village had a population of 4,553. That makes it the 26th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,758 residents.

Paikant village has 2,375 males and 2,178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikant has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Paikant is 851213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paikant covers 879 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paikant falls under Gogri tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Paikant is Bharat Khand, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Paikant.

Paikant is about 36 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paikant is in Gogri tehsil of Khagaria district. Bharat Khand is about 3.6 km away. Gogri Jamālpur is about 16 km away. Gogri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.