# Bishnupur Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Bishnupur

Bishnupur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,320 people in 2,059 households**, the 4th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 8,320people (2011)
- 2,059households
- 60.3%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Bishnupur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnupur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**76%

Tap water ****13%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**47%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**27%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Bishnupur?

■ Bishnupur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**992

Working population ****31.2%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 60.3% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 717 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,222 (47%) · **■** Household industry 111 (4%) · **■** Other work 303 (12%) · **■** Marginal 243 (9%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Moktarpur9,739 people
- Tekaraipur9,232 people
- Goas Kalikapur8,384 people
- Herampur8,125 people
- Lochanpur8,067 people
- Kamalpur7,692 people
- Purushottampur6,880 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnupur?8,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnupur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnupur?60.3% (Census 2011)