# Bishnupur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bishnupur

Bishnupur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,599 people in 540 households**, the 59th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 2,599people (2011)
- 540households
- 85.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Bishnupur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bishnupur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**45%

Television ****20%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**36%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bishnupur?

■ Bishnupur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**965

Working population ****55.3%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 77.5% for women. 61% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 126 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 466 (32%) · **■** Other work 53 (4%) · **■** Marginal 791 (55%)

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 Patharpratima

- Radhakrishna Nagar3,068 people
- Dakshin Madhusudanpur2,894 people
- Kedarpur2,755 people
- Krishnadaspur2,653 people
- Kumarpur2,497 people
- Bhagabatpur2,355 people
- Kamdebnagar2,346 people
- Rajrajeshwaripur2,338 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishnupur?2,599 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishnupur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishnupur?85.4% (Census 2011)