# Parihara Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Parihara

Parihara is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,378 people in 289 households**, the 26th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,378people (2011)
- 289households
- 92.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parihara

Of every 100 households in Parihara in 2011, 61 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parihara · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****75%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Parihara?

■ Parihara · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.3%**

**89.9%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**948

Working population ****57.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 87.0% for women. 64% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (20%) · **■** Marginal 485 (62%)

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 Contai - III

- Bidhubahiri1,577 people
- Paschimbatya1,537 people
- Sarpal1,455 people
- Bahitkunda1,437 people
- Sillibari1,376 people
- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 people
- Talda1,334 people
- Gangadhar Chak1,320 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parihara?1,378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parihara in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parihara?92.3% (Census 2011)