About Paraskol Village

Paraskol is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 188 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paraskol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paraskol village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	496338
Area (hectares)	321.42 hectares
Population	366
Male Population	188
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paraskol compares

By the 2011 count Paraskol is the 179th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 321.42 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Paraskol

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

Paraskol lies about 110 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 53 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 Paraskol
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	12 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	53 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	110 km

Villages closest to Paraskol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paraskol village had a population of 366. That makes it the 179th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Paraskol village has 188 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paraskol has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Paraskol is 496338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paraskol covers 321.42 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.

Paraskol falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Paraskol is Barpali, about 53 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 village for Paraskol.

Paraskol is about 110 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paraskol is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 12 km away. Barpali is about 53 km away. Mahasamund is about 110 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.