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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Paikpara is a village in Krishnaganj mandal, Nadia district, West Bengal with a population of 1,136 across 264 households and a literacy rate of 67.7%. The village has two bus stops and one bank. It is located at coordinates 22.612°N, 88.386°E with PIN code 741506.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANIKA BISWAS
Contact: 86****0103
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- LGD code
- 321793
- Pincode
- 741506
- Post office
- Krishnaganj
- Population
- 1,136
- Households
- 264
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 78 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 5 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1186 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belgachia · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Des Nursing Home · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paikpara compares
By population, Paikpara ranks #38 of 54 villages in Krishnaganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Paikpara
- 67.7%
- Krishnaganj mandal
- 65.6%
- Nadia district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+18 vs mandal average
- Paikpara
- 959
- Krishnaganj mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Paikpara
- 4.3
- Krishnaganj mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paikpara at a glance
Paikpara is a village of 1,136 people in 264 households (Census 2011) in Krishnaganj block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 38th-largest of 54 villages in Krishnaganj block. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the Nadia district centre, 0 km from Paikpara, the nearest town, under 1 km from Belgachia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 741506, served by Krishnaganj post office; the LGD village code is 321793. The nearest hospital or health centre is Des Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is MANIKA BISWAS, and the village votes in Ranaghat Uttar Purba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashim Biswas. The population is estimated at 1,339 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paikpara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 22
- Power hours (winter)
- 23
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 38.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15
- Forest area (ha)
- 1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paikpara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paikpara
- LGD code
- 321793
- Pincode
- 741506
- Post office
- Krishnaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,136
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,339
- Households
- 264
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.61205°N, 88.38556°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat Uttar Purba
- Member of Parliament
- Jagannath Sarkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashim Biswas
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANIKA BISWAS
- Block / Mandal
- Krishnaganj
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (4.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Paikpara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata5 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1186 km
- Delhi1303 km
- Chennai1363 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelgachia<1 km
- Bus stopBelgachia Metro<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDes Nursing Home<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump1 km
- CollegeTaradevi Harak Chand Kankaria Jain College2 km
- Police stationTala Police Station<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- 13 No. Tank4.8 km
- Bank / ATM
- State Bank of India4.8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Paikpara
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Paikpara
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Iqra Assembly SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 📚Belgachia Muslim LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫Blue Bell Day SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Prachya Bani Mondir for BoysSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Belgachia Urdu High School ( Co-Ed )High school<1 km ↗
- 🏫W.W.A. Cossipore English SchoolSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🎓Belgachia Muslim High SchoolHigh school1.1 km ↗
- 🏫PMSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🎓Taradevi Harak Chand Kankaria Jain CollegeCollege1.8 km ↗
- 🏫North Kolkata PublicSchool2.0 km ↗
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)