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About Para Village

Para is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 288 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.41 hectares hectares.

Para Overview

Census 2011 figures for Para village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 301.41 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 288
Female Population 243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Para compares

By the 2011 count Para is the 112th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 301.41 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Para

Para is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Para as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Para from other places

Para lies about 8.2 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 8.5 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 Para
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 8.5 km

Villages closest to Para

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Para village had a population of 531. That makes it the 112th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Para village has 288 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Para covers 301.41 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.

Para falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Para is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 8.5 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 village for Para.

Para is about 8.2 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chhatarpur is about 8.2 km away. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parapatti 1 (under 2 km), Parapatti 3 (under 2 km) and Dhadari (1.8 km).

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

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