# Bishunpurwa Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Bishunpurwa

Bishunpurwa is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845307**. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 231 households**, the 48th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 231households
- 62.3%literacy
- 845307PIN code

## Bishunpurwa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bishunpurwa is 845307.** Bishunpurwa falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845307
- Gram panchayatBishunpurwa
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217269

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

## How far is Bishunpurwa from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)50 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 Bishunpurwa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bishunpurwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bishunpurwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 129 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 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 Bishunpurwa

Of every 100 households in Bishunpurwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishunpurwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**29%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bishunpurwa?

■ Bishunpurwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**951

Working population ****49.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 43.6% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (32%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 363 (59%)

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 Sikta

- Patkhaulia1,497 people
- Bahuarwa1,297 people
- Mahmadwa1,271 people
- Chhapainia1,262 people
- Bhaunri1,126 people
- Bahuarwa830 people
- Luathaha774 people
- Mujauna640 people

[All 61 villages in Sikta](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sikta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bishunpurwa?845307
- How far is Bishunpurwa from Bettiah?50 km by road
- What is the population of Bishunpurwa?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishunpurwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bishunpurwa?62.3% (Census 2011)