About Payaga Village

Payaga is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 213 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.97 hectares hectares.

Payaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payaga village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	140.97 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	213
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Payaga compares

By the 2011 count Payaga is the 130th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 140.97 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 869.

Getting to Payaga

Payaga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Payaga 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 Payaga from other places

Payaga lies about 43 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 11 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 Payaga
Nearest railway station	Lukwasa	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	20 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	43 km

Villages closest to Payaga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payaga village had a population of 410. That makes it the 130th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Payaga village has 213 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payaga has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 869.

Payaga covers 140.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payaga falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payaga is Lukwasa, about 11 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 Payaga.

Payaga is about 43 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payaga is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 11 km away. Kolaras is about 20 km away. Shivpuri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.