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About Parpa Village

Parpa is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,289, made up of 572 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,253 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parpa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 496445
Area (hectares) 360.32 hectares
Population 1,289
Male Population 572
Female Population 717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,253
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Parpa compares

By the 2011 count Parpa is the 25th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 360.32 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Parpa

Parpa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Parpa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parpa from other places

Parpa lies about 21 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 2.6 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 Parpa
Nearest railway station Kumhar Maranga 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 11 km
District headquarters Bastar 21 km

Villages closest to Parpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parpa village had a population of 1,289. That makes it the 25th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Parpa village has 572 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parpa has about 1253 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Parpa is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parpa covers 360.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parpa falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Parpa is Kumhar Maranga, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Parpa.

Parpa is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parpa is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 2.6 km away. Jagdalpur is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badebadam (3.9 km), Tondapal (5.3 km) and Jamawada (6.1 km).

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

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