# Paraspur Village, Jalangi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalangi, Murshidabad 

# Paraspur

Paraspur is a village in Jalangi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 192 households**, the 35th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 799people (2011)
- 192households
- 79.4%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paraspur

Of every 100 households in Paraspur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paraspur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**40%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**47%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**50%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Paraspur?

■ Paraspur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**969

Working population ****29.2%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 75.6% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 82 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (53%) · **■** Other work 25 (11%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Jalangi

- Sarkarpara1,552 people
- Muradpur Diar1,463 people
- Ramnarayanpara954 people
- Hazrahati Mirganj895 people
- Arazi Shibnagar579 people
- Azimpur505 people
- Bil Bharat Gobindapur435 people
- Muradpur Arazi260 people

[All 53 villages in Jalangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/jalangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paraspur?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paraspur in?Murshidabad district (Jalangi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paraspur?79.4% (Census 2011)