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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Bishnubar

Bishnubar is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,957 people in 1,165 households**, the 5th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 4,957people (2011)
- 1,165households
- 82.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnubar

Of every 100 households in Bishnubar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnubar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**20%

Tap water ****14%**

**15%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****65%**

**45%

Television ****27%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**972

Working population ****33.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 75.9% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 318 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 241 (15%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 727 (44%) · **■** Marginal 343 (21%)

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 Tamluk

- Srirampur10,906 people
- Simulia6,384 people
- Putputya5,300 people
- Nilkanthia5,236 people
- Mirikpur4,865 people
- Purbba Nukha4,766 people
- Uttar Sonamul4,711 people
- Barbarya4,692 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnubar?4,957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnubar in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnubar?82.8% (Census 2011)