Paikan Population - Hailakandi, Assam

Paikan is a large village located in Hailakandi Circle of Hailakandi district, Assam with total 821 families residing. The Paikan village has population of 3624 of which 1864 are males while 1760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikan village population of children with age 0-6 is 599 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikan village is 944 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikan as per census is 932, lower than Assam average of 962.

Paikan village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikan village was 79.17 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Paikan Male literacy stands at 83.98 % while female literacy rate was 74.10 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paikan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Paikan village.

Paikan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	821	-	-
Population	3,624	1,864	1,760
Child (0-6)	599	310	289
Schedule Caste	1,549	783	766
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.17 %	83.98 %	74.10 %
Total Workers	1,167	938	229
Main Worker	833	-	-
Marginal Worker	334	195	139

Caste Factor

In Paikan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.74 % of total population in Paikan village. The village Paikan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paikan village out of total population, 1167 were engaged in work activities. 71.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1167 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.