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About Parasi Village

Parasi is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 30 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parasi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Thakurgangti
Pincode 813208
Area (hectares) 14.68 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 30
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Parasi compares

By the 2011 count Parasi is the 127th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 14.68 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Parasi

Parasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Parasi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Parasi from other places

Parasi lies about 56 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Parasi
Nearest railway station Taljhari 6.1 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Thakurgangti 24 km
District headquarters Godda 56 km

Villages closest to Parasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parasi village had a population of 56. That makes it the 127th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Parasi village has 30 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parasi has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Parasi is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parasi covers 14.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parasi falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parasi is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 village for Parasi.

Parasi is about 56 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parasi is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Thakurgangti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akilkita (under 2 km), Bamania (under 2 km) and Bhuslia (under 2 km).

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

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