# Bishpuria Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Bishpuria

Bishpuria is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,424 people in 297 households**, the 37th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,424people (2011)
- 297households
- 72.1%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishpuria

Of every 100 households in Bishpuria in 2011, 16 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishpuria · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****46%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Bishpuria?

■ Bishpuria · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**969

Working population ****78.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 61.0% for women. 80% of men and 77% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 200 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (12%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 755 (67%)

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 Puncha

- Noagarh1,605 people
- Gholkund1,566 people
- Saurang1,501 people
- Bhagaband1,497 people
- Dharampur1,298 people
- Chandatiri1,264 people
- Bharatdi1,238 people
- Kendadi1,236 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishpuria?1,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishpuria in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishpuria?72.1% (Census 2011)