About Paraskol Village

Paraskol is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,053, made up of 541 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paraskol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paraskol village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	217.81 hectares
Population	1,053
Male Population	541
Female Population	512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paraskol compares

By the 2011 count Paraskol is the 57th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 217.81 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

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 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 Paraskol from other places

Paraskol lies about 52 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 42 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	Sarangarh	10 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	35 km
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	42 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	52 km

Villages closest to Paraskol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarangarh 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 1,053. That makes it the 57th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Paraskol village has 541 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paraskol has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Paraskol is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paraskol covers 217.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paraskol falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Paraskol is Jharadih, about 42 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 Paraskol.

Paraskol is about 52 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paraskol is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 km away. Saraipali is about 35 km away. Jharadih is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.