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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KHRISTINA TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 373691
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,012
- Households
- 389
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 839
- Distance to district centre
- 118 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 119 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 178 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 148 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bankura Jn. · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gunnath PHC · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paika compares
By population, Paika ranks #17 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Paika
- 53.1%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
−44 vs mandal average
- Paika
- 940
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Paika
- 5.2
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paika at a glance
Paika is a village of 2,012 people in 389 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 17th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 53%, 2 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. It lies 118 km from the Ranchi district centre, 11 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 17 km from Bankura Jn. railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373691. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gunnath PHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is KHRISTINA TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 693 in 2026, down 66% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paika
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PAIKA
- Total area (ha)
- 663
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 234
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paika
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paika
- LGD code
- 373691
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,012
- Population (projected 2026)
- 693
- Households
- 389
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.08107°N, 87.02761°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KHRISTINA TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
Getting there
How to reach Paika
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi178 kmcapital
- Kolkata148 km
- Hyderabad1093 km
- Delhi1159 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBankura Jn.17 km
- Bus stopKrishnanagar Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCGunnath PHC7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India6 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol pump13 km
- CollegeBankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering14 km
- Police stationBankura Mahila Thana17 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)