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About Payagpur Village

Payagpur is a small village in Pindra tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 195 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.15 hectares hectares.

Payagpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payagpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Varanasi
Tehsil Pindra
Area (hectares) 121.15 hectares
Population 371
Male Population 195
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Payagpur compares

By the 2011 count Payagpur is the 310th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 121.15 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Payagpur

The census records public bus service for Payagpur as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Payagpur from other places

Payagpur lies about 80 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Manda Road, about 2.0 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 Payagpur
Nearest railway station Manda Road 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Pindra 18 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 31 km
District headquarters Varanasi 80 km

Villages closest to Payagpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payagpur village had a population of 371. That makes it the 310th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Payagpur village has 195 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payagpur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Payagpur covers 121.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payagpur falls under Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payagpur is Manda Road, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Payagpur.

Payagpur is about 80 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payagpur is in Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district. Manda Road is about 2.0 km away. Pindra is about 18 km away. Gyānpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patti Jaman Payagpur (under 2 km), Chilbila (under 2 km) and Chak Lakhansipur (1.7 km).

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

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