About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is one of the larger villages in Patarghat tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,590, made up of 3,472 males and 3,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583 hectares hectares.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Patarghat
Area (hectares)	583 hectares
Population	6,590
Male Population	3,472
Female Population	3,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 8th largest of the 15 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 8,555 residents. Its 583 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Bishunpur

Bishunpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bishunpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 18 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Dauram Madhepura, about 6.3 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
Tehsil headquarters	Patarghat	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dauram Madhepura	6.3 km
Nearest town	Madhepura	7.8 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	18 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

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

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Common questions about Bishunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bishunpur village had a population of 6,590. That makes it the 8th largest of the 15 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 8,555 residents.

Bishunpur village has 3,472 males and 3,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Bishunpur covers 583 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bishunpur falls under Patarghat tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Dauram Madhepura, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Bishunpur is about 18 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Patarghat tehsil of Saharsa district. Patarghat is about 4.1 km away. Dauram Madhepura is about 6.3 km away. Madhepura is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.