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About Parah Village

Parah is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 26 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,423 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177210
Area (hectares) 83.23 hectares
Population 63
Male Population 26
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,423
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Parah compares

By the 2011 count Parah is the 224th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 83.23 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Parah

Parah is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Parah as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Parah from other places

Parah lies about 53 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 12 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 Parah
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 12 km
Nearest town Talwāra 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Amb 28 km
District headquarters Una 53 km

Villages closest to Parah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parah village had a population of 63. That makes it the 224th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Parah village has 26 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parah has about 1423 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Parah is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parah covers 83.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parah falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Parah is Kartoli Punjab, about 12 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Parah.

Parah is about 53 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parah is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Kartoli Punjab is about 12 km away. Talwāra is about 17 km away. Amb is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanowal (5.1 km), Chak (7.3 km) and Bhathiyan Wala (8.9 km).

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

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