About Parsa Village

Parsa is a mid sized village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 966, made up of 474 males and 492 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835207
Area (hectares)	488 hectares
Population	966
Male Population	474
Female Population	492
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parsa compares

By the 2011 count Parsa is the 26th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 995.

Getting to Parsa

Parsa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Parsa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 8.6 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 51 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
District headquarters	Gumla	8.6 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	51 km

Villages closest to Parsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parsa village had a population of 966. That makes it the 26th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Parsa village has 474 males and 492 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parsa has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Parsa is 835207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parsa covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parsa falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parsa is Bakaspur, about 51 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Parsa.

Parsa is about 8.6 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parsa is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Gumla is about 8.6 km away. Gumlā is about 8.6 km away. Raidih is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.