# Parawan Village, Ghoshi, Jehanabad (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ghoshi, Jehanabad 

# Parawan

Parawan is a village in Ghoshi sub-district of Jehanabad district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,608 people in 520 households**, the 8th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.4%.

- 3,608people (2011)
- 520households
- 64.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Parawan PIN code and other codes

Parawan falls in Ghoshi sub-district, Jehanabad district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatParawan
- Community development blockGhoshi
- Census village code260441

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

## How far is Parawan from nearby towns?

- Ghoshi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Jehanabad (district HQ)29 km by road
- Jehanabad (nearest town)29 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 Parawan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Parawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sonwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jehanabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Parawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 356 hectares of village land is sown, and 194 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 Parawan

Of every 100 households in Parawan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Parawan · ■ Ghoshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**52%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Parawan?

■ Parawan · ■ Ghoshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**66.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1084**

**916

Working population ****42.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 51.2% for women. 47% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 707 (47%) · **■** Household industry 144 (10%) · **■** Other work 84 (6%) · **■** Marginal 434 (29%)

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 Ghoshi

- Kure5,429 people
- Uber4,431 people
- Bharthu3,987 people
- Shaho Bigha3,790 people
- Sonwan3,505 people
- Shahpur3,470 people
- Korra3,417 people
- Dhuriari3,315 people

[All 53 villages in Ghoshi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/jehanabad/ghoshi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Parawan from Jehanabad?29 km by road
- What is the population of Parawan?3,608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parawan in?Jehanabad district (Ghoshi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Parawan?64.1% (Census 2011)