# Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Villages List & Towns

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Sub-district · Puruliya, West Bengal 

# Para

Para is a sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. At the 2011 Census it had **200,621 people**, 5 towns and 132 villages (118 inhabited). The largest village is Para (9,697 people).

- 200,621people (2011)
- 132villages
- 5towns
- 65.6%literacy

## Population of Para compared with Puruliya

■ Para · ■ Puruliya district

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**953

Working population ****36.0%**

**42.6%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Para

Of every 100 households in Para in 2011, 31 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Para · ■ Puruliya district

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**87%

Tap water ****6%**

**12%

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

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**77%

Use banking services ****50%**

**43%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Towns in Para

- Shankara11,171 people
- Kanki6,884 people
- Chapari6,556 people
- Dubra5,506 people
- Santaldih Thermal Power Project-Town2,507 people

## Largest villages in Para

- Para · 9,697 people
- Anara · 5,517 people
- Jorberya · 5,030 people
- Phusrabaid · 4,205 people
- Palma · 3,900 people
- Sarulya · 3,505 people
- Lipanya · 3,503 people
- Bhagaband · 3,433 people
- Asurbandh · 3,357 people
- Tentulhiti · 3,341 people
- Jabarra · 3,244 people
- Jaynagar Alias Udaypur · 2,944 people
- Jhanpara · 2,830 people
- Tetalda · 2,824 people
- Rahardi · 2,674 people
- Chitra · 2,449 people

[All 132 villages in Para →](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How many villages are in Para?132 (118 inhabited, Census 2011)
- Which district is Para in?Puruliya district, West Bengal
- What is the population of Para?200,621 (Census 2011)