# Bishunpur Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Bishunpur

Bishunpur is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 142 households**, the 142nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 617people (2011)
- 142households
- 46.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Bishunpur PIN code and other codes

Bishunpur falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHarnagar
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225193

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bishunpur from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)27 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)27 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bishunpur?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Bishunpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salmara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bishunpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 38 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bishunpur

Of every 100 households in Bishunpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishunpur · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****27%**

**22%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bishunpur?

■ Bishunpur · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**964

Working population ****36.5%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 27.4% for women. 68% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 40 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (51%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 55 (24%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Azamnagar

- Chaulhar Milik639 people
- Keshopur633 people
- Sihpur628 people
- Fatehpur627 people
- Shamsherpur612 people
- Budhelmani608 people
- Pasol567 people
- Garura566 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bishunpur from Katihar?27 km by road
- What is the population of Bishunpur?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishunpur in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bishunpur?46.3% (Census 2011)