About Payan Village

Payan is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 927, made up of 489 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.67 hectares hectares.

Payan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares)	71.67 hectares
Population	927
Male Population	489
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Payan compares

By the 2011 count Payan is the 112th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 71.67 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Payan

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

Payan lies about 33 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Bargachia, about 6.6 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 Payan
Nearest railway station	Bargachia	6.6 km
Nearest town	Dhulagari	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polba Dadpur	33 km
District headquarters	Hugli	33 km

Villages closest to Payan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 Payan

As per the Census of India 2011, Payan village had a population of 927. That makes it the 112th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Payan village has 489 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Payan covers 71.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Payan falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Payan is Bargachia, about 6.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Payan.

Payan is about 33 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payan is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Bargachia is about 6.6 km away. Dhulagari is about 16 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.