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About Payra Village

Payra is a mid sized village in Dhariawad tehsil, in the district of Pratapgarh, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 328 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,207 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 313605, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payra village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pratapgarh
Tehsil Dhariawad
Pincode 313605
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 724
Male Population 328
Female Population 396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,207
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payra compares

By the 2011 count Payra is the 81st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Payra

Payra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Payra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Payra from other places

Payra lies about 67 km from Pratapgarh, and the nearest railway station is Surkhanda Ka Khera, about 26 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 Payra
Nearest railway station Surkhanda Ka Khera 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhariawad 33 km
Nearest town Sāgwāra 41 km
District headquarters Pratapgarh 67 km

Villages closest to Payra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payra village had a population of 724. That makes it the 81st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents.

Payra village has 328 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payra has about 1207 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Payra is 313605. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payra covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payra falls under Dhariawad tehsil of Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Payra is Surkhanda Ka Khera, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Payra.

Payra is about 67 km from Pratapgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payra is in Dhariawad tehsil of Pratapgarh district. Surkhanda Ka Khera is about 26 km away. Dhariawad is about 33 km away. Sāgwāra is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholi Magri (1.9 km), Billikhera (3.5 km) and Chauhanon Ka Khera (3.5 km).

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

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