About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a mid sized village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 365 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815318
Area (hectares)	149.62 hectares
Population	688
Male Population	365
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 132nd largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 149.62 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 947.

Getting to Bishunpur

Bishunpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bishunpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 115 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 19 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	Kathautia	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	19 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	25 km
District headquarters	Giridih	115 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamua 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 688. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Bishunpur village has 365 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Bishunpur is 815318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishunpur covers 149.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bishunpur falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Kathautia, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bishunpur.

Bishunpur is about 115 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Kathautia is about 19 km away. Jamua is about 19 km away. Bagaha is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.