About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 154 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,318 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	104.63 hectares
Population	357
Male Population	154
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,318
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 156th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 104.63 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Bishunpur

Bishunpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bishunpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 40 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 16 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	Joramow Railway Station	16 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	40 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 357. That makes it the 156th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Bishunpur village has 154 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 1318 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Bishunpur is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishunpur covers 104.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bishunpur falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Joramow Railway Station, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Bishunpur.

Bishunpur is about 40 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Joramow Railway Station is about 16 km away. Madhupur is about 25 km away. Jarmundi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.