About Payakunda Village

Payakunda is a mid sized village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,264, made up of 669 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.95 hectares hectares.

Payakunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payakunda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Badnawar
Area (hectares)	815.95 hectares
Population	1,264
Male Population	669
Female Population	595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Payakunda compares

By the 2011 count Payakunda is the 49th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 815.95 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Payakunda

Payakunda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payakunda 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 Payakunda from other places

Payakunda lies about 30 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Pir Jhalar, about 22 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 Payakunda
Nearest town	Barnagar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Pir Jhalar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badnawar	25 km
District headquarters	Dhar	30 km

Villages closest to Payakunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payakunda village had a population of 1,264. That makes it the 49th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Payakunda village has 669 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payakunda has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Payakunda covers 815.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Payakunda falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payakunda is Pir Jhalar, about 22 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 Payakunda.

Payakunda is about 30 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payakunda is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Barnagar is about 22 km away. Pir Jhalar is about 22 km away. Badnawar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.