# Para Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Para

Para is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,704 people in 608 households**, the 25th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,704people (2011)
- 608households
- 61.9%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Para

Of every 100 households in Para in 2011, 10 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Para · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**24%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Para?

■ Para · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**955

Working population ****33.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 56.2% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 276 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 127 (14%) · **■** Marginal 341 (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 Itahar

- Jamalpur3,072 people
- Pajol2,963 people
- Bhabanipur Bejpukur2,832 people
- Mahamadpur2,826 people
- Dakshinal2,696 people
- Parergram2,685 people
- Chandanpur2,640 people
- Kamalai2,632 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Para?2,704 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Para in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Para?61.9% (Census 2011)