# Purbba Bishnupur Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Purbba Bishnupur

Purbba Bishnupur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,654 people in 352 households**, the 43rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,654people (2011)
- 352households
- 81.3%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Bishnupur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Bishnupur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**27%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Purbba Bishnupur?

■ Purbba Bishnupur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**936

Working population ****32.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 78.4% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 261 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (34%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 67 (12%)

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 Gangarampur

- Narai1,712 people
- Madhabpur1,711 people
- Panchagram1,706 people
- Thengapara1,692 people
- Nandanpur1,626 people
- Ratinathpur1,517 people
- Tilna1,514 people
- Pulinda1,512 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Bishnupur?1,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Bishnupur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Bishnupur?81.3% (Census 2011)