# Parmahasu Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Parmahasu

Parmahasu is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **581 people in 127 households**, the 85th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 581people (2011)
- 127households
- 71.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parmahasu

Of every 100 households in Parmahasu in 2011, 52 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Parmahasu · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**37%

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

**20%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**24%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Parmahasu?

■ Parmahasu · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**64.0%

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

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1290**

**973

Working population ****53.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 66.7% for women. 66% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (23%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 135 (44%)

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 Harirampur

- Arazi Huzuri Kasba619 people
- Mobarakpur619 people
- Khordda Battali618 people
- Baje Banagram614 people
- Etbarpur577 people
- Gandhnai572 people
- Godal570 people
- Dakshin Benail565 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parmahasu?581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parmahasu in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parmahasu?71.4% (Census 2011)