Paria is a village situated near Vapi

Vapi

Vapi Vapi Vapi (IAST: vāpī, Gujarati: , is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of Damanganga River in southern Gujarat, India. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi...

 in Valsad District

Valsad district

Valsad district is one of the 26 districts in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It is bound by Navsari district to the north, Dang district to the east and the State of Maharashtra to the south. The Arabian Sea lies west of the district...

, Gujarat. India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The town of Udwada, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from Paria, has a railway station which connects Paria to Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and western Gujarat. Its population of is approximately 8869 .

Paria is under the Jyoti-Gram project of the Gujarat government.

Population Composition

Most Paria residents follow Hinduism, The population is around 9000 And Dhodia Patel is 97% of total population. Brahmins is 0.001%, carpenters,0.0001% ( Called Chhodiya), Halpati ( Called Dubala ) 1%, Koli Patel is 0.5% ( Called Khot ), Muslim only 1 house, jains 0.001% and marvadi 0.1% Anvil Brahmin [Desai]is 0.5% (Called Bhathala )

Demographics

Most residents of Paria are Hindus. Many residents work in Vapi, Daman,Silvasa, in Govt. as well as non Govt. Service in GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corp.). There are four famous temples in the village 1.Lord Shiva Temple, 2.Khodiarmaa Temple 3.Bhramdev Bapa Temple and 4.Ram Mandir.

The village is divided into various sectors (called vaads or fadiyas), one for each community. Eg.: Desai Vaad, Suthar Vaad , Mahyavanshi Fadiya etc.

The village has a market of considerable size and includes a few medical shops, general stores etc. There are also 3-4 doctors’ clinics. A few houses have computers with broadband connection, while many houses have TV sets.

Agriculture

Most of the houses in Paria are Pucca

Pucca

Pucca is a media franchise from the South Korean company Vooz Co., Ltd. and currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. The main character, Pucca, is the 10-year old niece of three Chinese noodle house owners. The noodle house, known as the "Goh-Rong", is located in Sooga Village, a small village...

 houses, with rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 and sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

 the major crops cultivated. The villagers possess cattle such as cow, buffalo

Bison

Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...

, and bullocks

Ox

An ox , also known as a bullock in Australia, New Zealand and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more tractable...

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