# Biskarpur Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Biskarpur

Biskarpur is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **199 people in 36 households**, the 390th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 199people (2011)
- 36households
- 64.2%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biskarpur

Of every 100 households in Biskarpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biskarpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

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

**22%

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

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**55%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****95%**

**81%

Television ****0%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**10%

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 Biskarpur?

■ Biskarpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**903

Working population ****27.6%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 50.6% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (75%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (4%)

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 Bansgaon

- Neemdar205 people
- Garahi Ah.202 people
- Bahorwa201 people
- Gaurjeetpur201 people
- Narsingh Deeh197 people
- Jagdishpur194 people
- Mashapar189 people
- Bardeeha187 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biskarpur?199 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biskarpur in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Biskarpur?64.2% (Census 2011)