About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a small village in Pipra tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 187 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824119, 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	Pipra
Pincode	824119
Area (hectares)	45.73 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	187
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
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 35th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 583 residents. Its 45.73 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

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 136 km from Palamu, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Pipra	3.6 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	20 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	48 km
District headquarters	Palamu	136 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pipra 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 340. That makes it the 35th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 583 residents.

Bishunpur village has 187 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Bishunpur is 824119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishunpur covers 45.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bishunpur falls under Pipra tehsil of Palamu 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 10+ km distance for Bishunpur.

Bishunpur is about 136 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 Pipra tehsil of Palamu district. Pipra is about 3.6 km away. Sherghāti is about 20 km away. Guraru is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.