# Parun Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Parun

Parun is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,123 people in 290 households**, the 50th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 1,123people (2011)
- 290households
- 62.6%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parun

Of every 100 households in Parun in 2011, 18 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parun · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**27%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****76%**

**56%

Own their home ****87%**

**91%

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 Parun?

■ Parun · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**942

Working population ****32.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 54.8% for women. 51% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (7%) · **■** Household industry 19 (5%) · **■** Other work 97 (26%) · **■** Marginal 183 (50%)

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 Rampurhat - II

- Dhalla1,290 people
- Ambha1,283 people
- Uttar Narayanpur1,247 people
- Rambhadrapur1,153 people
- Majhira1,120 people
- Kurula1,092 people
- Bonta1,064 people
- Paikpara1,058 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parun?1,123 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parun in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parun?62.6% (Census 2011)