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About Payra Village

Payra is a mid sized village in Salumbar tehsil, in the district of Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,682, made up of 889 males and 793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 313038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payra village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Udaipur
Tehsil Salumbar
Pincode 313038
Area (hectares) 745 hectares
Population 1,682
Male Population 889
Female Population 793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payra compares

By the 2011 count Payra is the 31st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 745 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Payra

Payra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Payra from other places

Payra lies about 74 km from Udaipur, 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
Tehsil headquarters Salumbar 13 km
Nearest railway station Surkhanda Ka Khera 26 km
Nearest town Sāgwāra 41 km
District headquarters Udaipur 74 km

Villages closest to Payra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Salumbar 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 1,682. That makes it the 31st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Payra village has 889 males and 793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payra has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Payra is 313038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payra covers 745 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payra falls under Salumbar tehsil of Udaipur 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 village for Payra.

Payra is about 74 km from Udaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payra is in Salumbar tehsil of Udaipur district. Salumbar is about 13 km away. Surkhanda Ka Khera is about 26 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 Sal Pura (1.6 km), Kaja Wara (1.8 km) and Bichli Magri (1.9 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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