Para is a village in Hasanganj mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 567 in 126 households. The village has a literacy rate of 47.4%.
By population, Para ranks #29 of 41 villages in Hasanganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Para is a village of 567 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Hasanganj block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 41 villages in Hasanganj block. Literacy is 47%, 4 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. It lies 111 km from the Katihar district centre, 14 km from Sangram, the nearest town, 14 km from Raiganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854317, served by Barsoighat post office; the LGD village code is 224431. The nearest hospital or health centre is State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun, 2 km away. The village votes in Supaul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijendra Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 3,487 in 2026, up 515% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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