Verkh-Payva (Russian: Верх-Пайва) is a rural locality (a selo) in Bayevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Verkh-Payva is located within the West-Siberian Plain, 55 km northwest of Bayevo (the district's administrative centre) by road.

Verkh-Chumanka is the nearest rural locality.

[3] The village is inhabited by Russians, Ukrainians and Germans.

This Bayevsky District location article is a stub.