# Bishar Village, Sikanderpur, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikanderpur, Ballia 

# Bishar

Bishar is a village in Sikanderpur sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,530 people in 211 households**, the 74th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,530people (2011)
- 211households
- 78.3%literacy
- 815females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishar

Of every 100 households in Bishar in 2011, 12 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishar · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****58%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****90%**

**78%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**11%

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 Bishar?

■ Bishar · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****815**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**903

Working population ****43.3%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 68.8% for women. 38% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (26%) · **■** Marginal 448 (68%)

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 Sikanderpur

- Bharthawa1,609 people
- Khatanga Math Ramgiri1,602 people
- Majhwallia1,578 people
- Ranpur Katrai1,543 people
- Chak Khan1,504 people
- Firojpur Chak Usuf1,466 people
- Mustafabad1,452 people
- Akhani1,442 people

[All 241 villages in Sikanderpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/sikanderpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishar?1,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishar in?Ballia district (Sikanderpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bishar?78.3% (Census 2011)