# Bishunpur Village, Ghorasahan, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Ghorasahan, Purba Champaran 

# Bishunpur

Bishunpur is a village in Ghorasahan sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,025 people in 822 households**, the 16th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.7%.

- 5,025people (2011)
- 822households
- 45.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Bishunpur PIN code and other codes

Bishunpur falls in Ghorasahan sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBishunpur
- Community development blockGhorasahan
- Census village code217780

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?

- Ghorasahan (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)44 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town)18 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?

9 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 · 3 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ghorasahan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 h winter

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 79% of the 259 hectares of village land is sown, and 84 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, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishunpur · ■ Ghorasahan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**37%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Ghorasahan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**54.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**895

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**944

Working population ****31.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.2% for men and 32.0% for women. 47% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 443 (28%) · **■** Household industry 50 (3%) · **■** Other work 68 (4%) · **■** Marginal 787 (49%)

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 Ghorasahan

- Samanpur6,452 people
- Nonaura6,251 people
- Gurmia6,112 people
- Amwa5,670 people
- Barwa Kalan4,967 people
- Rajwara4,542 people
- Mohuahi Marshudabad4,483 people
- Basantpur4,158 people

[All 28 villages in Ghorasahan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/ghorasahan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bishunpur from Motihari?44 km by road
- What is the population of Bishunpur?5,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishunpur in?Purba Champaran district (Ghorasahan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bishunpur?45.3% (Census 2011)