# Paschim Para Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Paschim Para

Paschim Para is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,975 people in 655 households**, the 15th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 2,975people (2011)
- 655households
- 74.9%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Para

Of every 100 households in Paschim Para in 2011, 53 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Paschim Para · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**36%

Tap water ****21%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****26%**

**40%

Television ****27%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**11%

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 Paschim Para?

■ Paschim Para · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**922

Working population ****41.9%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 67.4% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 395 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 416 (33%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (9%) · **■** Marginal 311 (25%)

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 Goghat - II

- Kayapat3,351 people
- Anur3,320 people
- Betra3,262 people
- Kamarpukur3,121 people
- Samantakhanda2,973 people
- Khatul2,643 people
- Debkhanda2,510 people
- Sundarpur2,505 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paschim Para?2,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Para in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Para?74.9% (Census 2011)