About Paikauli Village

Paikauli is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 124 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.77 hectares hectares.

Paikauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paikauli village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Area (hectares)	21.77 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	124
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
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 Paikauli compares

By the 2011 count Paikauli is the 355th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 21.77 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Paikauli

Paikauli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paikauli 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 Paikauli from other places

Paikauli lies about 21 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kusmhi, about 15 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 Paikauli
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kusmhi	15 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	21 km

Villages closest to Paikauli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paikauli village had a population of 234. That makes it the 355th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Paikauli village has 124 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paikauli has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Paikauli covers 21.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Paikauli falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paikauli is Kusmhi, about 15 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 Paikauli.

Paikauli is about 21 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paikauli is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 7.8 km away. Kusmhi is about 15 km away. Gorakhpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.