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About Paikapada Village

Paikapada is a mid sized village in Kegaon tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 303 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paikapada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikapada village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Kegaon
Pincode 766036
Area (hectares) 156 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 303
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
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 Paikapada compares

By the 2011 count Paikapada is the 70th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 964 residents. Its 156 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Paikapada

Paikapada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paikapada 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. The nearest villages by name are Meramahul, Mirimiri, Nuagaon and Nuapada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Paikapada

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikapada village had a population of 590. That makes it the 70th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 964 residents.

Paikapada village has 303 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikapada has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Paikapada is 766036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paikapada covers 156 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paikapada falls under Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Paikapada notes the nearest railway station 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 Paikapada.

Paikapada is in Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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