# Bishwanathpur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bishwanathpur

Bishwanathpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **779 people in 209 households**, the 73rd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 779people (2011)
- 209households
- 90.8%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishwanathpur

Of every 100 households in Bishwanathpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishwanathpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**46%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**30%

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 Bishwanathpur?

■ Bishwanathpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**932

Working population ****61.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 85.4% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 423 (88%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Satbahini804 people
- Kulrakhi797 people
- Gabdangar793 people
- Shankar Gerya785 people
- Chak Gopal778 people
- Kunja Berya765 people
- Barmu Khal764 people
- Chhara Dighi752 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishwanathpur?779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishwanathpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishwanathpur?90.8% (Census 2011)