About Para Village

Para is a large village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,704, made up of 1,391 males and 1,313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, 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	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733128
Area (hectares)	257.79 hectares
Population	2,704
Male Population	1,391
Female Population	1,313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Para compares

By the 2011 count Para is the 25th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 257.79 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Para

Para is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Para 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 Para from other places

Para lies about 61 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Milangarh, about under 2 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	Milangarh	under 2 km
Nearest town	Manihāri	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	30 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	61 km

Villages closest to Para

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Itahar 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 2,704. That makes it the 25th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Para village has 1,391 males and 1,313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Para is 733128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Para covers 257.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Para falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Para is Milangarh, about under 2 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 Para.

Para is about 61 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Milangarh is about under 2 km away. Manihāri is about 27 km away. Itahar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.