About Parsa Village

Parsa is a small village in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 98 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares.

Parsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parsa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Barahat
Area (hectares)	184 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	98
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Parsa compares

By the 2011 count Parsa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 184 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Parsa

Parsa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Parsa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parsa from other places

Parsa lies about 20 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Dhauni, about 6.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Parsa
Nearest railway station	Dhauni	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barahat	14 km
Nearest town	Amarpur	17 km
District headquarters	Banka	20 km

Villages closest to Parsa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barahat tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Parsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Parsa village had a population of 178. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Parsa village has 98 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parsa has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Parsa covers 184 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parsa falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Parsa is Dhauni, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Parsa.

Parsa is about 20 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parsa is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Dhauni is about 6.9 km away. Barahat is about 14 km away. Amarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.