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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Pareshya

Pareshya is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,186 people in 361 households**, the 19th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 2,186people (2011)
- 361households
- 73.6%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pareshya

Of every 100 households in Pareshya in 2011, 39 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pareshya · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**79%

Use banking services ****76%**

**47%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pareshya?

■ Pareshya · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****730**

**968

Working population ****31.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 59.8% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 225 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 241 (35%) · **■** Marginal 194 (28%)

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

- Rahardi2,674 people
- Chitra2,449 people
- Hariharpur2,426 people
- Bahara2,241 people
- Donrda2,184 people
- Rigudi2,156 people
- Barairga2,109 people
- Bagalia2,088 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pareshya?2,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pareshya in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pareshya?73.6% (Census 2011)