About Paikin Village

Paikin is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 823 males and 825 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 620.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paikin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikin village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	496338
Area (hectares)	620.33 hectares
Population	1,648
Male Population	823
Female Population	825
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paikin compares

By the 2011 count Paikin is the 13th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 620.33 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Paikin

Paikin is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paikin as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paikin from other places

Paikin lies about 107 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 52 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 Paikin
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	11 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	52 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	107 km

Villages closest to Paikin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikin village had a population of 1,648. That makes it the 13th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Paikin village has 823 males and 825 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikin has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Paikin is 496338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paikin covers 620.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paikin falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Paikin is Barpali, about 52 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Paikin is about 107 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paikin is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 11 km away. Barpali is about 52 km away. Mahasamund is about 107 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.