About Paranpur Village

Paranpur is a mid sized village in Amdabad tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 743 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares.

Paranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paranpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Amdabad
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	1,407
Male Population	743
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paranpur compares

By the 2011 count Paranpur is the 32nd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Paranpur

Paranpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paranpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paranpur from other places

Paranpur lies about 4.6 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Maniyan, about 2.0 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 Paranpur
Nearest railway station	Maniyan	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amdabad	4.6 km
District headquarters	Katihar	4.6 km

Villages closest to Paranpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amdabad 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 Paranpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paranpur village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents.

Paranpur village has 743 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paranpur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Paranpur covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paranpur falls under Amdabad tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Paranpur is Maniyan, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Paranpur is about 4.6 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paranpur is in Amdabad tehsil of Katihar district. Maniyan is about 2.0 km away. Amdabad is about 4.6 km away. Katihar is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.