About Parapur Village

Parapur is a large village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,653, made up of 1,332 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2384.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493992, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	493992
Area (hectares)	2384.79 hectares
Population	2,653
Male Population	1,332
Female Population	1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parapur compares

By the 2011 count Parapur is the 5th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 2384.79 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Parapur

Parapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Parapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Parapur from other places

Parapur lies about 27 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 15 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 Parapur
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	15 km
District headquarters	Bastar	27 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	35 km

Villages closest to Parapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parapur village had a population of 2,653. That makes it the 5th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Parapur village has 1,332 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parapur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Parapur is 493992. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parapur covers 2384.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parapur falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Parapur is Dilmili, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Parapur.

Parapur is about 27 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parapur is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 8.1 km away. Dilmili is about 15 km away. Bastar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.