About Paik Bar Village

Paik Bar is a large village in Contai III tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,254, made up of 1,151 males and 1,103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paik Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paik Bar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai III
Pincode	721427
Area (hectares)	99.12 hectares
Population	2,254
Male Population	1,151
Female Population	1,103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paik Bar compares

By the 2011 count Paik Bar is the 14th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 99.12 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Paik Bar

Paik Bar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paik Bar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paik Bar from other places

Paik Bar lies about 23 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nachinda, about 5.7 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 Paik Bar
Nearest railway station	Nachinda	5.7 km
Nearest town	Contai	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Contai III	23 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	23 km

Villages closest to Paik Bar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai III 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 Paik Bar

As per the Census of India 2011, Paik Bar village had a population of 2,254. That makes it the 14th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Paik Bar village has 1,151 males and 1,103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paik Bar has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Paik Bar is 721427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paik Bar covers 99.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paik Bar falls under Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Paik Bar is Nachinda, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Paik Bar.

Paik Bar is about 23 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paik Bar is in Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nachinda is about 5.7 km away. Contai is about 14 km away. Contai III is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.