Village · Hura, Puruliya
# Bishpuria

Bishpuria is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,661 people in 761 households, the 6th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.
- 3,661 people (2011)
- 761 households
- 73.9% literacy
- 979 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishpuria

Of every 100 households in Bishpuria in 2011, 34 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishpuria · ■ Hura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 34% 25%
- Toilet within the home 12% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 92%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 75%
- Use banking services 43% 41%
- Television 23% 13%
- Mobile phone 50% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 23% 25%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bishpuria?

■ Bishpuria · ■ Hura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.9% 68.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 979 970
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1072 954
- Working population 44.7% 48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 61.0% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 168 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 73 (4%) · ■ Household industry 71 (4%) · ■ Other work 330 (20%) · ■ Marginal 996 (61%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hura
- Kalabani 5,698 people
- Keshargarh 4,626 people
- Daldali 4,488 people
- Parsia 4,075 people
- Ladhurka 3,652 people
- Hura 3,419 people
- Khairipihira 3,161 people
- Bhagaband 3,147 people

All 116 villages in Hura

## Other places named Bishpuria
- Bishpuria · Village, Puncha, Puruliya · 1,424 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bishpuria? 3,661 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishpuria in? Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishpuria? 73.9% (Census 2011)

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