About Parasu Village

Parasu is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 249 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.58 hectares hectares.

Parasu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parasu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	449.58 hectares
Population	468
Male Population	249
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
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 Parasu compares

By the 2011 count Parasu is the 60th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 449.58 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Parasu

Parasu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Parasu 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 Parasu from other places

Parasu lies about 26 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Parasu
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	26 km
District headquarters	Khunti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	31 km

Villages closest to Parasu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parasu village had a population of 468. That makes it the 60th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Parasu village has 249 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parasu has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Parasu covers 449.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parasu falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parasu is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Parasu.

Parasu is about 26 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parasu is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 26 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Chakradharpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.