# Bishunpur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bishunpur

Bishunpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,106 people in 206 households**, the 125th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,106people (2011)
- 206households
- 54.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishunpur

Of every 100 households in Bishunpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishunpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bishunpur?

■ Bishunpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**943

Working population ****45.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 48.7% for women. 49% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (8%) · **■** Household industry 77 (15%) · **■** Other work 178 (35%) · **■** Marginal 145 (29%)

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 Karandighi

- Purba Pipla1,152 people
- Bosara1,125 people
- Pothimari1,122 people
- Bhandarbari1,110 people
- Khempur1,101 people
- Ghordha1,095 people
- Chandargaon1,080 people
- Lodipur1,067 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishunpur?1,106 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishunpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishunpur?54.2% (Census 2011)