About Paigapur Village

Paigapur is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 422 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.41 hectares hectares.

Paigapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paigapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	174.41 hectares
Population	815
Male Population	422
Female Population	393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Paigapur compares

By the 2011 count Paigapur is the 275th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 174.41 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Paigapur

Paigapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Paigapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paigapur from other places

Paigapur lies about 24 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nigohi, about 10 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 Paigapur
Nearest railway station	Nigohi	10 km
Nearest town	Pawāyan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	24 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	24 km

Villages closest to Paigapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paigapur village had a population of 815. That makes it the 275th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Paigapur village has 422 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paigapur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Paigapur covers 174.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paigapur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paigapur is Nigohi, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Paigapur.

Paigapur is about 24 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paigapur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Nigohi is about 10 km away. Pawāyan is about 12 km away. Powayan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.