About Payakpur Village

Payakpur is a mid sized village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 669, made up of 368 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.81 hectares hectares.

Payakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payakpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Area (hectares)	70.81 hectares
Population	669
Male Population	368
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Payakpur compares

By the 2011 count Payakpur is the 452nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 70.81 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Payakpur

Payakpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payakpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Payakpur from other places

Payakpur lies about 62 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Anand Nagar Junction, about 3.0 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 Payakpur
Nearest railway station	Anand Nagar Junction	3.0 km
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	25 km
District headquarters	Basti	62 km

Villages closest to Payakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payakpur village had a population of 669. That makes it the 452nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Payakpur village has 368 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payakpur has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Payakpur covers 70.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Payakpur falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payakpur is Anand Nagar Junction, about 3.0 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 and private bus service as Available for Payakpur.

Payakpur is about 62 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payakpur is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Anand Nagar Junction is about 3.0 km away. Mehndāwal is about 19 km away. Harraiya is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.