# Paikan Village, Katigora, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Paikan

Paikan is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,848 people in 594 households**, the 21st largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 2,848people (2011)
- 594households
- 77.3%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Paikan PIN code and other codes

Paikan falls in Katigora sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatPaikon Digorkhal G.P
- Community development blockKalain
- Census village code299021

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Paikan from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)315 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Badarpur (nearest town)17 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Paikan?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Paikan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kolain
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kolain
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Paikan known for?

About 60% of the 167 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Paikan

Of every 100 households in Paikan in 2011, 29 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Paikan · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**12%

Tap water ****33%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****56%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Paikan?

■ Paikan · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**943

Working population ****26.9%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 68.9% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 554 (72%) · **■** Marginal 70 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Katigora

- Tarapur2,996 people
- Kalibari T.E.2,912 people
- Lakhipur Pt I(Lakshanipur Pt I2,906 people
- Niz-Fulbari Pt III2,848 people
- Tarinipur Pt III2,810 people
- Niz-Fulbari Pt I2,777 people
- Burunga Pt I2,766 people
- Sewti Pt I2,742 people

[All 221 villages in Katigora](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/cachar/katigora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Paikan from Silchar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Paikan?2,848 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikan in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Paikan?77.3% (Census 2011)