About Parkara Village

Parkara is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 123 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parkara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	55 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	123
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Parkara compares

By the 2011 count Parkara is the 240th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1012.

Getting to Parkara

Parkara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Parkara 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 Parkara from other places

Parkara lies about 26 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 10 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 Parkara
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Murarai	10 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	16 km
District headquarters	Pakur	26 km

Villages closest to Parkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parkara village had a population of 232. That makes it the 240th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Parkara village has 123 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parkara has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Parkara is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parkara covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parkara falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parkara is Murarai, about 10 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 Parkara.

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

Parkara is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 6.4 km away. Murarai is about 10 km away. Nalhāti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.