About Para Village

Para is one of the larger villages in Para tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,697, made up of 5,031 males and 4,666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 970.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Para Overview

Census 2011 figures for Para village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Para
Pincode	723155
Area (hectares)	970.04 hectares
Population	9,697
Male Population	5,031
Female Population	4,666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Para compares

By the 2011 count Para is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents. Its 970.04 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

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 5 - 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 25 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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	Rukni Junction	6.3 km
Nearest town	Raghunathpur	17 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	25 km

Villages closest to Para

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Para village had a population of 9,697. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents.

Para village has 5,031 males and 4,666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Para is 723155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Para covers 970.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Para falls under Para tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Para is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 25 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para is in Para tehsil of Puruliya district. Rukni Junction is about 6.3 km away. Raghunathpur is about 17 km away. Puruliya is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.