# Pariksha Para Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Pariksha Para

Pariksha Para is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,689 people in 380 households**, the 33rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,689people (2011)
- 380households
- 72.1%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pariksha Para

Of every 100 households in Pariksha Para in 2011, 30 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pariksha Para · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**80%

Use banking services ****16%**

**39%

Television ****22%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**18%

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 Pariksha Para?

■ Pariksha Para · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**964

Working population ****41.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 61.8% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 96 (14%) · **■** Marginal 215 (31%)

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 Indus

- Dasarath Bati1,862 people
- Shalikona1,846 people
- Mahespur1,835 people
- Kharra1,776 people
- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people
- Charigram1,656 people
- Keneti1,656 people
- Pantrai1,634 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pariksha Para?1,689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pariksha Para in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pariksha Para?72.1% (Census 2011)