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About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 842, made up of 448 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Kadwa
Area (hectares) 219 hectares
Population 842
Male Population 448
Female Population 394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 111th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 219 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Bishunpur

The census records public bus service for Bishunpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bishunpur from other places

Bishunpur lies about 75 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Simraha, about 6.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bishunpur
Nearest railway station Simraha 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadwa 9.7 km
Nearest town Forbesganj 16 km
District headquarters Katihar 75 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Bishunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bishunpur village had a population of 842. That makes it the 111th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Bishunpur village has 448 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Bishunpur covers 219 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bishunpur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Simraha, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bishunpur.

Bishunpur is about 75 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Simraha is about 6.6 km away. Kadwa is about 9.7 km away. Forbesganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusha (5.0 km), Duria (5.4 km) and Shankarpur (5.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bishunpur today is likely to be higher.

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