# Bishanpur Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Bishanpur

Bishanpur is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,589 people in 346 households**, the 35th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 1,589people (2011)
- 346households
- 48.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishanpur

Of every 100 households in Bishanpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishanpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****25%**

**22%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**42%

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 Bishanpur?

■ Bishanpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1090**

**967

Working population ****33.0%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.2% for men and 48.0% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (6%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 161 (31%) · **■** Marginal 314 (60%)

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 Ratua - II

- Nesta2,257 people
- Uttar Marichabishanpur1,896 people
- Pirpur1,847 people
- Gobindapur1,812 people
- Khailsana1,428 people
- Paranpur1,267 people
- Sekhpur1,249 people
- Ailpara1,233 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishanpur?1,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishanpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishanpur?48.6% (Census 2011)