# Paschim Para Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Paschim Para

Paschim Para is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **248 people in 61 households**, the 208th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 248people (2011)
- 61households
- 59.0%literacy
- 1,138females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Para

Of every 100 households in Paschim Para in 2011, 35 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paschim Para · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**27%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**24%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1138**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**955

Working population ****39.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 47.1% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (7%) · **■** Household industry 31 (32%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 35 (36%)

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 Kushmundi

- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Bighor259 people
- Punat256 people
- Barail254 people
- Gangajit246 people
- Buripukur235 people
- Jagannathpur233 people
- Palasbari228 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paschim Para?248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Para in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Para?59.0% (Census 2011)