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About Parasia Village

Parasia is a mid sized village in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,332, made up of 672 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.04 hectares hectares.

Parasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parasia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata
Area (hectares) 173.04 hectares
Population 1,332
Male Population 672
Female Population 660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Parasia compares

By the 2011 count Parasia is the 10th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,285 residents. Its 173.04 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Parasia

Parasia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Parasia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parasia from other places

Parasia lies about 10 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Tata Sijua Halt, about 1.7 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 Parasia
Nearest railway station Tata Sijua Halt 1.7 km
Nearest town Sijua 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata 10 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 10 km

Villages closest to Parasia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata 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 Parasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Parasia village had a population of 1,332. That makes it the 10th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,285 residents.

Parasia village has 672 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parasia has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Parasia covers 173.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Parasia falls under Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parasia is Tata Sijua Halt, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Parasia.

Parasia is about 10 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parasia is in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tata Sijua Halt is about 1.7 km away. Sijua is about 1.9 km away. Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sialgudri (1.6 km), Sansikhara (1.7 km) and Pondarkanali (1.9 km).

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

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