About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a small village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 160 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	80.88 hectares
Population	290
Male Population	160
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
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 106th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 80.88 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 929.

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 28 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 3.7 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	Chaudhribandh	3.7 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hussainabad	28 km
District headquarters	Palamu	28 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hussainabad 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 290. That makes it the 106th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Bishunpur village has 160 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Bishunpur is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishunpur covers 80.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bishunpur falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Chaudhribandh, about 3.7 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 28 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. Chaudhribandh is about 3.7 km away. Barki Saria is about 17 km away. Hussainabad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.