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About Paroda Village

Paroda is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 198 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paroda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paroda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 594.49 hectares
Population 417
Male Population 198
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paroda compares

By the 2011 count Paroda is the 77th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 594.49 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Paroda

Paroda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paroda as Available. 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 Paroda from other places

Paroda lies about 92 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 40 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 Paroda
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 19 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 30 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 40 km
District headquarters Bastar 92 km

Villages closest to Paroda

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

Common questions about Paroda

As per the Census of India 2011, Paroda village had a population of 417. That makes it the 77th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Paroda village has 198 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paroda has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Paroda is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paroda covers 594.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paroda falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Paroda is Antagarh, about 40 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Paroda.

Paroda is about 92 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paroda is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 19 km away. Nārāinpur is about 30 km away. Antagarh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patoda (under 2 km), Kanhargaon (2.7 km) and Gawadi (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Paroda today is likely to be higher.

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