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About Parsa Village

Parsa is a small village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 78 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parsa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Tundi
Pincode 834002
Area (hectares) 149.63 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 78
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Parsa compares

By the 2011 count Parsa is the 147th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 149.63 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 958.

Getting to Parsa

Parsa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Parsa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Parsa from other places

Parsa lies about 50 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 3.2 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 Parsa
Nearest railway station New Giridih 3.2 km
Nearest town Giridih 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Tundi 32 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 50 km

Villages closest to Parsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parsa village had a population of 160. That makes it the 147th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Parsa village has 78 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parsa has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Parsa is 834002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parsa covers 149.63 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.

Parsa falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parsa is New Giridih, about 3.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Parsa.

Parsa is about 50 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parsa is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. New Giridih is about 3.2 km away. Giridih is about 5.4 km away. Tundi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsatanr (under 2 km), Durgadi (2.3 km) and Chitardi (5.4 km).

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

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