About Parna Village

Parna is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 554 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parna village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	460.81 hectares
Population	1,082
Male Population	554
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parna compares

By the 2011 count Parna is the 49th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 460.81 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Parna

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

Parna lies about 18 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 18 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 Parna
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	9.3 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	18 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bakal	18 km

Villages closest to Parna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parna village had a population of 1,082. That makes it the 49th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Parna village has 554 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parna has about 953 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 1005.

The pincode recorded for Parna is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parna covers 460.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parna falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Parna is Bakal, about 18 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 Parna.

Parna is about 18 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parna is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 9.3 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 18 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.