# Bishnubar Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) (2)

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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 **238 people in 52 households**, the 104th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 238people (2011)
- 52households
- 86.9%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnubar

Of every 100 households in Bishnubar in 2011, 68 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnubar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**61%

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

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****12%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****80%**

**44%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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+) ****86.9%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**942

Working population ****44.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 79.2% for women. 62% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (52%) · **■** Household industry 7 (7%) · **■** Other work 8 (8%) · **■** Marginal 20 (19%)

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

- Balisar465 people
- Barada Nankar407 people
- Barisha372 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people
- Gopal Chak163 people
- Benia47 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnubar?238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnubar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnubar?86.9% (Census 2011)