# Bishunpur Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Bishunpur

Bishunpur is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,349 people in 519 households**, the 48th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 2,349people (2011)
- 519households
- 56.0%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Bishunpur PIN code and other codes

Bishunpur falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBishunpur
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223763

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?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)56 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)56 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Amour
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Bishunpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 363 hectares of village land is sown, and 183 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, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishunpur · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**99%

Use banking services ****45%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**946

Working population ****26.6%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 47.3% for women. 46% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 118 (19%) · **■** Marginal 336 (54%)

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 Amour

- Damraha2,476 people
- Pathantoli2,476 people
- Tilanga2,424 people
- Ramnagar2,421 people
- Palsa2,291 people
- Simalia2,285 people
- Belgachhi2,253 people
- Gangaili2,199 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bishunpur from Purnia?56 km by road
- What is the population of Bishunpur?2,349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishunpur in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bishunpur?56.0% (Census 2011)