About Payaga Village

Payaga is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,707, made up of 925 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 432045, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payaga village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Pichhore
Pincode	432045
Area (hectares)	527.3 hectares
Population	1,707
Male Population	925
Female Population	782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Payaga compares

By the 2011 count Payaga is the 53rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 527.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Payaga

Payaga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Payaga as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Payaga from other places

Payaga lies about 44 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 37 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
Tehsil headquarters	Pichhore	16 km
Nearest town	Karera	29 km
Nearest railway station	Basai	37 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	44 km

Villages closest to Payaga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pichhore 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 1,707. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Payaga village has 925 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payaga has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Payaga is 432045. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payaga covers 527.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Payaga is Basai, about 37 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Payaga.

Payaga is about 44 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 Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 16 km away. Karera is about 29 km away. Basai is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.