# Parasa Maheshi Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Parasa Maheshi

Parasa Maheshi is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **766 people in 120 households**, the 314th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 766people (2011)
- 120households
- 74.7%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parasa Maheshi

Of every 100 households in Parasa Maheshi in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Parasa Maheshi · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****100%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**74%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Parasa Maheshi?

■ Parasa Maheshi · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**922

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 61.9% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 30 (12%) · **■** Marginal 165 (64%)

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 Colonelganj

- Banuras781 people
- Nakaha Basant776 people
- Parwanpur770 people
- Panchupur766 people
- Basalatpur764 people
- Semara738 people
- Jiginiya736 people
- Mahadev724 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parasa Maheshi?766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parasa Maheshi in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parasa Maheshi?74.7% (Census 2011)