About Paik Bar Village

Paik Bar is a small village in Egra II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 69 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721422, 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	Egra II
Pincode	721422
Area (hectares)	33.06 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	69
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Paik Bar compares

By the 2011 count Paik Bar is the 106th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents. Its 33.06 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

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 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	Egra II	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 Egra II 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 131. That makes it the 106th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents.

Paik Bar village has 69 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paik Bar has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Paik Bar is 721422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paik Bar covers 33.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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