About Parapur Village

Parapur is a mid sized village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 286 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583283, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Gangawati
Pincode	583283
Area (hectares)	317.84 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	286
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parapur compares

By the 2011 count Parapur is the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 317.84 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Parapur

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

Parapur lies about 25 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Hosapete Junction, about 6.9 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 Parapur
Nearest railway station	Hosapete Junction	6.9 km
Nearest town	Hosapete	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangawati	18 km
District headquarters	Koppal	25 km

Villages closest to Parapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parapur village had a population of 564. That makes it the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Parapur village has 286 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parapur has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Parapur is 583283. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parapur covers 317.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parapur falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Parapur is Hosapete Junction, about 6.9 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 Parapur.

Parapur is about 25 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parapur is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Hosapete Junction is about 6.9 km away. Hosapete is about 8.8 km away. Gangawati is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.