# Bishnubar Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Bishnubar

Bishnubar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **802 people in 171 households**, the 86th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 802people (2011)
- 171households
- 88.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnubar

Of every 100 households in Bishnubar in 2011, 22 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnubar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****15%**

**44%

Television ****15%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bishnubar?

■ Bishnubar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**942

Working population ****42.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 80.7% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Other work 29 (9%) · **■** Marginal 182 (54%)

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 Kolaghat

- Kshetrahat840 people
- Ghola835 people
- Renubar817 people
- Sajnagachhya812 people
- Gobardhanpur736 people
- Parulia728 people
- Mecheda673 people
- Kaya Ayama Chak663 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnubar?802 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnubar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnubar?88.2% (Census 2011)