# Parasia Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Parasia

Parasia is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,490 people in 255 households**, the 316th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,490people (2011)
- 255households
- 62.4%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parasia

Of every 100 households in Parasia in 2011, 24 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Parasia · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**80%

Tap water ****35%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**46%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**84%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**8%

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 Parasia?

■ Parasia · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**928

Working population ****35.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 49.3% for women. 47% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 454 (86%)

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 Maharajganj

- Pipara Khurd1,532 people
- Agaya1,531 people
- Kamhariya Khurd1,525 people
- Hariramphr1,522 people
- Ghagharua Kharesar1,489 people
- Satabharia1,489 people
- Mahdeia1,487 people
- Pakari1,477 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parasia?1,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parasia in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parasia?62.4% (Census 2011)