# Bishjor Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Bishjor

Bishjor is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,186 people in 269 households**, the 41st largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,186people (2011)
- 269households
- 60.9%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishjor

Of every 100 households in Bishjor in 2011, 36 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishjor · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**32%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**66%

Use banking services ****68%**

**45%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bishjor?

■ Bishjor · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**939

Working population ****42.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 49.6% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 199 (39%) · **■** Marginal 281 (56%)

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 Saltora

- Rampur1,237 people
- Adhuri1,226 people
- Dubrajpur1,200 people
- Alunia1,187 people
- Dhatla1,185 people
- Dahuka1,174 people
- Chandra1,157 people
- Pabayan1,101 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishjor?1,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishjor in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishjor?60.9% (Census 2011)