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About Payarko Village

Payarko is a small village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 64 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,203 females per 1000 males. The village covers 933.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payarko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payarko village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Bhuj
Pincode 370030
Area (hectares) 933.45 hectares
Population 141
Male Population 64
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,203
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payarko compares

By the 2011 count Payarko is the 133rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 933.45 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Payarko

Payarko is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payarko as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Payarko from other places

Payarko lies about 24 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Deshalpar, about 9.7 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 Payarko
Nearest railway station Deshalpar 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhuj 19 km
District headquarters Kachchh 24 km

Villages closest to Payarko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payarko village had a population of 141. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Payarko village has 64 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payarko has about 1203 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Payarko is 370030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payarko covers 933.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Payarko falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Payarko is Deshalpar, about 9.7 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Payarko.

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

Payarko is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Deshalpar is about 9.7 km away. Bhuj is about 19 km away. Kachchh 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 Sadau Rakhal (under 2 km), Kuvathada (3.0 km) and Vinchhiya (3.7 km).

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

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