# Parahanda Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Parahanda

Parahanda is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 282 households**, the 53rd largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 282households
- 67.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Parahanda PIN code and other codes

Parahanda falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatParahanda
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256516

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Parahanda from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)6 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Parahanda?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Parahanda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Parahanda known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 92 hectares of village land is sown, and 86 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Parahanda

Of every 100 households in Parahanda in 2011, 7 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parahanda · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Parahanda?

■ Parahanda · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****662**

**958

Working population ****47.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 53.4% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 527 (77%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bodh Gaya

- Kolhaura1,510 people
- Turi Buzurg1,508 people
- Babhni1,486 people
- Gean Khap1,448 people
- Bhanwarbar1,387 people
- Kharanti1,349 people
- Kharanti1,321 people
- Diprahiya1,299 people

[All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Parahanda from Gaya?20 km by road
- What is the population of Parahanda?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parahanda in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Parahanda?67.2% (Census 2011)