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About Parrah Village

Parrah is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 94 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,287 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parrah village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 814111
Area (hectares) 76 hectares
Population 215
Male Population 94
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,287
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Parrah compares

By the 2011 count Parrah is the 245th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Parrah

The census records public bus service for Parrah as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parrah from other places

Parrah lies about 17 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Rajgram, about 15 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 Parrah
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Rajgram 15 km
District headquarters Pakur 17 km

Villages closest to Parrah

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.

Common questions about Parrah

As per the Census of India 2011, Parrah village had a population of 215. That makes it the 245th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Parrah village has 94 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parrah has about 1287 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Parrah covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parrah falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parrah is Rajgram, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Parrah.

Parrah is about 17 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parrah is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 8.0 km away. Rajgram is about 15 km away. Pakur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaipani (under 2 km), Panchandpur (under 2 km) and Amlagachhi (under 2 km).

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

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