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- LGD code
- 224578
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population
- 302
- Households
- 70
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 819 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 157
- Distance to district centre
- 111 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 69 km
- Distance to Patna
- 297 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 326 km
- Nearest railway station
- Raiganj · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun · 2 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
परा की तुलना
By population, Para ranks #185 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
+4.1% vs mandal average
- Para
- 44.4%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
819
−103 vs mandal average
- Para
- 819
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Para
- 4.3
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
परा एक नज़र में
परा बिहार के कटिहार जिले के कदवा ब्लॉक में 302 लोगों 70 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो कदवा ब्लॉक के 264 गांवों में 185वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 44% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 40% से 4 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 819 महिलाएं। यह कटिहार जिला मुख्यालय से 111 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Sangram से 14 किमी, Raiganj रेलवे स्टेशन से 14 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 855105 है, Durgaganj डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 224578 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun है, 2 किमी दूर। गांव Purnia विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Vijay Kumar Khemka हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 3,487 है, 2011 जनगणना से 1055% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · परा
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MOHMAMMADPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.38
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — परा
- LGD code
- 224578
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 302
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,487
- Households
- 70
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 819
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.49803°N, 88.09263°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
पहुंचने का रास्ता
परा कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna297 kmcapital
- Kolkata326 km
- Delhi1132 km
- Hyderabad1341 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationRaiganj14 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand9 km
- Hospital / PHCState Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun2 km
- ATM / banksbi15 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump28 km
- CollegeTarangapur Teachers Training College(D.EL.ED)25 km
- Police stationPolice station53 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
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- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)