About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 175 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	203.85 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	175
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 49th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 203.85 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 48 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 town	Sherghāti	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	22 km
District headquarters	Chatra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	48 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lawalaung 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 337. That makes it the 49th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Bishunpur village has 175 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Bishunpur is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishunpur covers 203.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bishunpur falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Guraru, about 48 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Bishunpur is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 20 km away. Lawalaung is about 22 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.