# Parashia Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Parashia

Parashia is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **281 people in 72 households**, the 136th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 281people (2011)
- 72households
- 54.0%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parashia

Of every 100 households in Parashia in 2011, 25 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Parashia · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**81%

Use banking services ****54%**

**44%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Parashia?

■ Parashia · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**946

Working population ****49.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 45.3% for women. 55% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (60%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 46 (33%)

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 Patrasayer

- Benda306 people
- Brindaban Pur306 people
- Thakurhati302 people
- Gosai Gram286 people
- Brika Bhanupur266 people
- Jamsala256 people
- Shankar Pur248 people
- Dhamsa246 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parashia?281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parashia in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parashia?54.0% (Census 2011)