# Paikpara Village, Thakurganj, Kishanganj (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Thakurganj, Kishanganj 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Thakurganj sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 140 households**, the 86th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.8%.

- 609people (2011)
- 140households
- 58.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Paikpara PIN code and other codes

Paikpara falls in Thakurganj sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRashiya
- Community development blockThakurganj
- Census village code222491

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

## How far is Paikpara from nearby towns?

- Thakurganj (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ)35 km by road
- Thakurganj (nearest town)32 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 Paikpara?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Paikpara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Powarkhali
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Thakurganj
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kanakpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Paikpara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****72%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**49.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**977

Working population ****27.4%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 43.0% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (81%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (8%)

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 Thakurganj

- Bhendrani678 people
- Hulhuli Milik Arazi654 people
- Kudiachhara640 people
- Hasanpur624 people
- Kunjimari573 people
- Sukhani562 people
- Bandar Jhula485 people
- Modati447 people

[All 133 villages in Thakurganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kishanganj/thakurganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Paikpara from Kishanganj?35 km by road
- What is the population of Paikpara?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Kishanganj district (Thakurganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?58.3% (Census 2011)