# Bishnupur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bishnupur

Bishnupur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 311 households**, the 50th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 311households
- 78.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Bishnupur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnupur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**33%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**969

Working population ****34.8%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 75.8% for women. 63% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (15%) · **■** Other work 257 (53%) · **■** Marginal 100 (21%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Nagarkachua1,597 people
- Akatpur1,473 people
- Katiarbag1,430 people
- Rajapur1,423 people
- Kalikapur1,392 people
- Shib Chandrapur1,360 people
- Ramnarayanpur1,271 people
- Srikrishnapur1,100 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnupur?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnupur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnupur?78.7% (Census 2011)