# Parai Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Parai

Parai is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,236 people in 254 households**, the 28th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,236people (2011)
- 254households
- 74.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parai

Of every 100 households in Parai in 2011, 48 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Parai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Parai?

■ Parai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**946

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 64.7% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 149 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (46%) · **■** Other work 36 (9%) · **■** Marginal 38 (9%)

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 Mohanpur

- Sarkisamat1,331 people
- Kashida1,290 people
- Nilpura1,262 people
- Dantunia1,254 people
- Maishamunda1,195 people
- Sambag1,171 people
- Amarda1,166 people
- Dhuipara1,162 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parai?1,236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parai?74.2% (Census 2011)