# Parashpur Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Parashpur

Parashpur is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,351 people in 299 households**, the 58th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,351people (2011)
- 299households
- 80.6%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parashpur

Of every 100 households in Parashpur in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parashpur · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****99%**

**48%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Parashpur?

■ Parashpur · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**952

Working population ****58.7%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 72.0% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (9%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 528 (67%)

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 Sabang

- Mogiani Chak Part-II1,443 people
- Singpur Fatechar1,408 people
- Birkota1,370 people
- Routara Bari1,364 people
- Chandkuri1,346 people
- Makramnichak1,332 people
- Bene Dighi1,329 people
- Kalidahachara1,283 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parashpur?1,351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parashpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parashpur?80.6% (Census 2011)