# Parashya Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Parashya

Parashya is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **319 people in 63 households**, the 138th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 319people (2011)
- 63households
- 77.2%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parashya

Of every 100 households in Parashya in 2011, 78 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parashya · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****94%**

**31%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**29%

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 Parashya?

■ Parashya · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**939

Working population ****26.0%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 67.2% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (61%) · **■** Other work 3 (4%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Puruldiha326 people
- Barsagen Alias Patamgora323 people
- Maishamura321 people
- Maruagora319 people
- Sanoda319 people
- Baghkundi311 people
- Nimdiha311 people
- Niasa Buchartanr308 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parashya?319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parashya in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parashya?77.2% (Census 2011)