# Para Village, Hasanganj, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hasanganj, Katihar 

# Para

Para is a village in Hasanganj sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar, PIN code **854337**. The 2011 Census counted **567 people in 126 households**, the 29th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.2%.

- 567people (2011)
- 126households
- 59.4%literacy
- 854337PIN code

## Para PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Para is 854337.** Para falls in Hasanganj sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- PIN code854337
- Gram panchayatDharua
- Community development blockHasanganj
- Census village code224431

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

## How far is Para from nearby towns?

- Hasanganj (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)22 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)22 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 Para?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Para; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bhawanipur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Katihar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Para known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 80 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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 Para

Of every 100 households in Para in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Para · ■ Hasanganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****25%**

**26%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Para?

■ Para · ■ Hasanganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**55.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**941

Working population ****38.3%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 50.4% for women. 52% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 77 (35%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 135 (62%)

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 Hasanganj

- Mahnaur721 people
- Ratni Chhotki691 people
- Chandaili655 people
- Bairgachhi582 people
- Bhatauria562 people
- Bhawanipur511 people
- Theghwa508 people
- Haripur442 people

[All 41 villages in Hasanganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/hasanganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Para?854337
- How far is Para from Katihar?22 km by road
- What is the population of Para?567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Para in?Katihar district (Hasanganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Para?59.4% (Census 2011)