About Parka Village

Parka is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 909, made up of 469 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	570 hectares
Population	909
Male Population	469
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parka compares

By the 2011 count Parka is the 46th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 570 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Parka

Parka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Parka as Available within village. 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 Parka from other places

Parka lies about 15 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 16 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 Parka
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	16 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	31 km

Villages closest to Parka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parka village had a population of 909. That makes it the 46th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Parka village has 469 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parka has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Parka is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parka covers 570 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parka falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parka is Bakarkudi, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Parka.

Parka is about 15 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parka is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 15 km away. Chandil is about 15 km away. Bakarkudi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.