# Parashia Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Parashia

Parashia is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 380 households**, the 9th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 380households
- 67.3%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parashia

Of every 100 households in Parashia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parashia · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**80%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**952

Working population ****44.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 60.2% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (17%) · **■** Marginal 332 (52%)

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 Rajnagar

- Tabadumra1,685 people
- Lauberia1,551 people
- Madhaipur1,531 people
- Kundira1,505 people
- Gulalgachhi1,439 people
- Laujor1,415 people
- Murdaganja1,359 people
- Haripur1,155 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parashia?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parashia in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parashia?67.3% (Census 2011)