# Parasiri Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Parasiri

Parasiri is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,837 people in 331 households**, the 32nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,837people (2011)
- 331households
- 66.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parasiri

Of every 100 households in Parasiri in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Parasiri · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**79%

Use banking services ****35%**

**47%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Parasiri?

■ Parasiri · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**968

Working population ****31.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 53.4% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (16%) · **■** Household industry 49 (8%) · **■** Other work 66 (11%) · **■** Marginal 224 (38%)

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 Para

- Bhanuridi1,966 people
- Amchatar1,942 people
- Gurguria1,941 people
- Rautara1,870 people
- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people
- Bamanbad1,796 people
- Bhalagara1,746 people
- Tadgram1,709 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parasiri?1,837 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parasiri in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parasiri?66.8% (Census 2011)