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Parashtola Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Parashtola is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 217 families residing. The Parashtola village has population of 969 of which 479 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parashtola village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 17.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parashtola village is 1023 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parashtola as per census is 965, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Parashtola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parashtola village was 53.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parashtola Male literacy stands at 63.20 % while female literacy rate was 44.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Parashtola village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Parashtola village.

Parashtola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 217 - -
Population 969 479 490
Child (0-6) 167 85 82
Schedule Caste 480 251 229
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.74 % 63.20 % 44.61 %
Total Workers 331 256 75
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 89 70 19

Caste Factor

In Parashtola village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.54 % of total population in Parashtola village. The village Parashtola currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parashtola village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 73.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.