# Parua Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Parua

Parua is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,533 people in 505 households**, the 46th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,533people (2011)
- 505households
- 49.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parua

Of every 100 households in Parua in 2011, 6 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Parua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****60%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**28%

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 Parua?

■ Parua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**943

Working population ****45.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.7% for men and 40.5% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 496 (43%) · **■** Household industry 85 (7%) · **■** Other work 127 (11%) · **■** Marginal 268 (23%)

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 Karandighi

- Chaunagara2,606 people
- Dhauta2,579 people
- Barhans2,542 people
- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people
- Alianagar2,527 people
- Balia2,514 people
- Bahangaon2,507 people
- Budhra2,465 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parua?2,533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parua?49.0% (Census 2011)