# Biswanathpur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Biswanathpur

Biswanathpur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **299 people in 69 households**, the 140th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 299people (2011)
- 69households
- 87.7%literacy
- 1,121females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biswanathpur

Of every 100 households in Biswanathpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****46%**

**35%

Television ****21%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Biswanathpur?

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1121**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1750**

**949

Working population ****41.8%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 84.0% for women. 64% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (7%) · **■** Other work 37 (30%) · **■** Marginal 63 (50%)

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 Deshopran

- Masjidpur324 people
- Chak Gobindaberia312 people
- Damudar Dattabar308 people
- Durgapur Part-IV307 people
- Bhetapukhuria295 people
- Purba Teghari294 people
- Uttar Harshachak292 people
- Chhota Subarnanagar285 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biswanathpur?299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biswanathpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biswanathpur?87.7% (Census 2011)