About Parastola Village

Parastola is a mid sized village in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 653 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1143 hectares hectares.

Parastola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parastola village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Arjuni Morgaon
Area (hectares)	1143 hectares
Population	1,284
Male Population	653
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parastola compares

By the 2011 count Parastola is the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents. Its 1143 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 988.

Getting to Parastola

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

Parastola lies about 22 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Birsola, about 12 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 Parastola
Nearest railway station	Birsola	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arjuni Morgaon	22 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	22 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	22 km

Villages closest to Parastola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arjuni Morgaon 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 Parastola

As per the Census of India 2011, Parastola village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents.

Parastola village has 653 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parastola has about 966 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 988.

Parastola covers 1143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parastola falls under Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Parastola is Birsola, about 12 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 Parastola.

Parastola is about 22 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parastola is in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Birsola is about 12 km away. Arjuni Morgaon is about 22 km away. Gondiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.