# Parasiya Village, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar 

# Parasiya

Parasiya is a village in Shohratgarh sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,346 people in 196 households**, the 100th largest of 351 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 1,346people (2011)
- 196households
- 68.0%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parasiya

Of every 100 households in Parasiya in 2011, 40 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Parasiya · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**89%

Tap water ****5%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****87%**

**79%

Television ****26%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

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 Parasiya?

■ Parasiya · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**928

Working population ****28.1%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 60.3% for women. 47% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (24%) · **■** Other work 143 (38%) · **■** Marginal 69 (18%)

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 Shohratgarh

- Dohariya Buzurg1,366 people
- Mudila Khurd1,360 people
- Bhaisahawa1,354 people
- Jugdihawa1,350 people
- Chhatahra1,337 people
- Madani1,330 people
- Ram Nagar1,328 people
- Mahatha1,318 people

[All 366 villages in Shohratgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/shohratgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parasiya?1,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parasiya in?Siddharthnagar district (Shohratgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parasiya?68.0% (Census 2011)