Paika
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Paika
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Paika.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9|39|0|N|76|43|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Kerala
| subdivision_name2 = Kottayam
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 8978
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = KL-35
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Kottayam, Palai, Kanjirappally
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| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English
| blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
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Paika is a small town {{convert|8|km}} from Palai on the Pala-Ponkunnam road of Muvattupuzha - Punalur SH:08, in Kottayam district, Kerala, India.{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}} It is part of Meenachil Taluka, known as one of the most fertile agricultural regions of Travancore. This region is part of the mid-lands (adjacent to the high ranges) of south-eastern Kerala. The main income is from agriculture, mostly rubber plantations.