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About Payaka Village

Payaka is a small village in Puncha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 213 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payaka village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Puncha
Pincode 723151
Area (hectares) 74.03 hectares
Population 387
Male Population 213
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payaka compares

By the 2011 count Payaka is the 78th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,260 residents. Its 74.03 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Payaka

Payaka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payaka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Panipathar, Panruda, Panrui and Parbad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Payaka

As per the Census of India 2011, Payaka village had a population of 387. That makes it the 78th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,260 residents.

Payaka village has 213 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payaka has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Payaka is 723151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payaka covers 74.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payaka falls under Puncha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Payaka notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Payaka.

Payaka is in Puncha tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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