# Paschim Para Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Paschim Para

Paschim Para is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,782 people in 658 households**, the 11th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 2,782people (2011)
- 658households
- 68.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Para

Of every 100 households in Paschim Para in 2011, 43 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Paschim Para · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**78%

Tap water ****54%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**81%

Use banking services ****29%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paschim Para?

■ Paschim Para · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**946

Working population ****40.0%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 60.9% for women. 61% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (12%) · **■** Household industry 41 (4%) · **■** Other work 171 (15%) · **■** Marginal 550 (49%)

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

- Jamkuri3,348 people
- Rasulpur3,266 people
- Krishna Nagar3,173 people
- Parulia2,861 people
- Belut2,780 people
- Betur2,699 people
- Bamria2,697 people
- Hamirpur2,635 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paschim Para?2,782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Para in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Para?68.9% (Census 2011)