Parasi
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854331
· village code 221946
Population 2011
2,899
Census of India
Population 2020
3,572
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.2%
673 people · 2.3% a year
Households
574
+1.2% vs 567 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,899
Male / female
1,530 / 1,369
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
515
Literacy rate
36.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
476 / 85
Working population
1,203
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
567
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
542
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 40 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jagir Parasi panchayat, Kursakanta zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.00 lakh
Received directly
₹46,501
Spent
₹48.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.68 lakh · received ₹7.17 lakh · spent ₹27.18 lakh · left ₹8.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.05 lakh · received ₹10.83 lakh · spent ₹21.51 lakh · left ₹12.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4740 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Pandubi
compare · Paraia
compare · Pararia
compare · Pararia Ranikatta
compare · Parbata
compare · Parha
compare · Parihari
compare · Parmanpur
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar