# Biswanathpur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Biswanathpur

Biswanathpur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 245 households**, the 79th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,162people (2011)
- 245households
- 88.6%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biswanathpur

Of every 100 households in Biswanathpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**40%

Tap water ****4%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****63%**

**45%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Biswanathpur?

■ Biswanathpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**965

Working population ****41.0%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 82.7% for women. 55% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (11%) · **■** Marginal 307 (64%)

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

- Dakshin Sibpur1,455 people
- Uttar Mahendrapur1,383 people
- Indraprastha1,246 people
- Gobardhanpur1,185 people
- Debichak1,089 people
- Sagar Madhabpur1,069 people
- Krishnapur1,068 people
- Dakshin Mahendrapur875 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 Biswanathpur?1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biswanathpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biswanathpur?88.6% (Census 2011)