# Dakshin Bishnupur Village, Raiganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Bishnupur

Dakshin Bishnupur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,339 people in 284 households**, the 115th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,339people (2011)
- 284households
- 51.5%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bishnupur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bishnupur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dakshin Bishnupur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****47%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**21%

Own their home ****84%**

**97%

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 Dakshin Bishnupur?

■ Dakshin Bishnupur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**939

Working population ****28.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 46.7% for women. 48% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 179 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (10%) · **■** Other work 33 (9%) · **■** Marginal 129 (34%)

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 Raiganj

- Naram1,385 people
- Dhusmal1,373 people
- Garna1,348 people
- Bijgaon1,342 people
- Kokra1,331 people
- Rishipur1,331 people
- Basmanpara1,327 people
- Dhurail1,318 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bishnupur?1,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bishnupur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bishnupur?51.5% (Census 2011)