About Parotan Village

Parotan is a small village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 135 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parotan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	242227
Area (hectares)	176.47 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	135
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parotan compares

By the 2011 count Parotan is the 343rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 176.47 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 831.

Getting to Parotan

Parotan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Parotan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Parotan from other places

Parotan lies about 47 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Miranpur Katra, about 32 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 Parotan
Nearest town	Dātāganj	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalalabad	25 km
Nearest railway station	Miranpur Katra	32 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	47 km

Villages closest to Parotan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parotan village had a population of 258. That makes it the 343rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Parotan village has 135 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parotan has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 831.

The pincode recorded for Parotan is 242227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parotan covers 176.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parotan falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Parotan is Miranpur Katra, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Parotan.

Parotan is about 47 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parotan is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dātāganj is about 21 km away. Jalalabad is about 25 km away. Miranpur Katra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.