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Parasiri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Parasiri is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 331 families residing. The Parasiri village has population of 1837 of which 935 are males while 902 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parasiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 14.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parasiri village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parasiri as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Parasiri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parasiri village was 66.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parasiri Male literacy stands at 79.68 % while female literacy rate was 53.45 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Parasiri 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 Parasiri village.

Parasiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,837 935 902
Child (0-6) 266 133 133
Schedule Caste 423 227 196
Schedule Tribe 349 168 181
Literacy 66.84 % 79.68 % 53.45 %
Total Workers 583 494 89
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 224 158 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 19.00 % of total population in Parasiri village.

Work Profile

In Parasiri village out of total population, 583 were engaged in work activities. 61.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 583 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.