# Parsa, Barabazar, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Parsa

Parsa is a village in [Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,596 people in 318 households**, the 22nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,596people (2011)
- 318households
- 61.2%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parsa

Of every 100 households in Parsa in 2011, 3 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parsa · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**85%

Use banking services ****81%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

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 Parsa?

■ Parsa · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**957

Working population ****46.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 45.9% for women. 46% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (16%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (18%) · **■** Marginal 397 (54%)

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 Barabazar

- Dhadanga1,614 people
- Gokulnagar1,608 people
- Amrabera1,603 people
- Sarberia1,599 people
- Laka1,589 people
- Durku1,564 people
- Kadoyan1,482 people
- Dumurdih1,480 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Other places named Parsa

- Parsa · Sub-district, Saran · 155,838 people
- Parsa · Village, Ekma, Saran · 26,641 people
- Parsa · Village, Ghoghardiha, Madhubani · 16,704 people
- Parsa · Village, Majhaulia, Pashchim Champaran · 10,911 people
- Parsa · Village, Parihar, Sitamarhi · 7,177 people
- Parsa · Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur · 6,330 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parsa?1,596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parsa in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parsa?61.2% (Census 2011)