# Biswanathpur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Biswanathpur

Biswanathpur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **353 people in 79 households**, the 107th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 353people (2011)
- 79households
- 88.6%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biswanathpur

Of every 100 households in Biswanathpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**37%

Television ****2%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Biswanathpur?

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**926

Working population ****36.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 83.2% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (26%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 39 (30%)

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 Egra - I

- Manoharpur388 people
- Baya369 people
- Bindha364 people
- Sadarpur364 people
- Hatbarpatna334 people
- Chaknath307 people
- Hasimpur305 people
- Chowbatia301 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biswanathpur?353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biswanathpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biswanathpur?88.6% (Census 2011)