About Paraya Village

Paraya is a mid sized village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 291 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paraya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	291
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
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 Paraya compares

By the 2011 count Paraya is the 49th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1014.

Getting to Paraya

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

Paraya lies about 27 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Paraya
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	22 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	27 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	27 km

Villages closest to Paraya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paraya village had a population of 552. That makes it the 49th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Paraya village has 291 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paraya has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Paraya is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paraya covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paraya falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paraya is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Paraya.

Paraya is about 27 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paraya is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 13 km away. Kalian Chak is about 22 km away. Sahibganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.