About Parasia Village

Parasia is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 76 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 711 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parasia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Salbani
Pincode	721147
Area (hectares)	201.05 hectares
Population	130
Male Population	76
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	711
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parasia compares

By the 2011 count Parasia is the 302nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 201.05 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Parasia

Parasia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Parasia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Parasia from other places

Parasia lies about 176 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Suisa, about 5.8 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 Parasia
Nearest railway station	Suisa	5.8 km
Nearest town	Balarāmpur	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salbani	35 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	176 km

Villages closest to Parasia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parasia village had a population of 130. That makes it the 302nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Parasia village has 76 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parasia has about 711 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Parasia is 721147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parasia covers 201.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parasia falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Parasia is Suisa, about 5.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Parasia.

Parasia is about 176 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parasia is in Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Suisa is about 5.8 km away. Balarāmpur is about 29 km away. Salbani is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.