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Parsa Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Parsa is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 318 families residing. The Parsa village has population of 1596 of which 810 are males while 786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 231 which makes up 14.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parsa village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parsa as per census is 893, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Parsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parsa village was 61.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parsa Male literacy stands at 76.31 % while female literacy rate was 45.94 %.

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

Parsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,596 810 786
Child (0-6) 231 122 109
Schedule Caste 58 26 32
Schedule Tribe 111 57 54
Literacy 61.25 % 76.31 % 45.94 %
Total Workers 734 374 360
Main Worker 337 - -
Marginal Worker 397 182 215

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.95 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.63 % of total population in Parsa village.

Work Profile

In Parsa village out of total population, 734 were engaged in work activities. 45.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 734 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.