# Bishnupur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Bishnupur

Bishnupur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 262 households**, the 94th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 262households
- 61.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Bishnupur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnupur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****92%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**954

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 249 (72%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 48 (14%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Sagardighi

- Biprakali1,142 people
- Arijpur1,127 people
- Baburgram1,092 people
- Kaliadanga1,068 people
- Ramnagar1,042 people
- Gopalhat988 people
- Ganja Sinheswari966 people
- Rasbeluria953 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnupur?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnupur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnupur?61.9% (Census 2011)