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About Para Village

Para is a large village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,535, made up of 1,350 males and 1,185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.08 hectares hectares.

Para Overview

Census 2011 figures for Para village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 258.08 hectares
Population 2,535
Male Population 1,350
Female Population 1,185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Para compares

By the 2011 count Para is the 113th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 258.08 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Para

The census records public bus service for Para as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 32 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Sarju, about 2.1 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
Nearest railway station Sarju 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 7.8 km
District headquarters Gonda 32 km

Villages closest to Para

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Colonelganj 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 2,535. That makes it the 113th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Para village has 1,350 males and 1,185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Para covers 258.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Para falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Para is Sarju, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Para.

Para is about 32 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Sarju is about 2.1 km away. Colonelganj is about 7.8 km away. Gonda is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajuriya (under 2 km), Kuri (1.6 km) and Rudauliya (1.7 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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