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About Payaswadi Village

Payaswadi is a mid sized village in Supa tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 267 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1262.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payaswadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payaswadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Supa
Pincode 581129
Area (hectares) 1262.71 hectares
Population 560
Male Population 267
Female Population 293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payaswadi compares

By the 2011 count Payaswadi is the 22nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 457 residents. Its 1262.71 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1009.

Getting to Payaswadi

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

How far is Payaswadi from other places

Payaswadi lies about 87 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Tinai Ghat, about 2.3 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 Payaswadi
Nearest railway station Tinai Ghat 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Supa 21 km
Nearest town Dandeli 29 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 87 km

Villages closest to Payaswadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payaswadi village had a population of 560. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 457 residents.

Payaswadi village has 267 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payaswadi has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Payaswadi is 581129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payaswadi covers 1262.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Payaswadi falls under Supa tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Payaswadi is Tinai Ghat, about 2.3 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 village for Payaswadi.

Payaswadi is about 87 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payaswadi is in Supa tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Tinai Ghat is about 2.3 km away. Supa is about 21 km away. Dandeli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devulli (2.3 km), Durg (4.1 km) and Chandawadi (4.5 km).

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

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