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About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 35 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.72 hectares hectares.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Area (hectares) 84.72 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 35
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 195th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 84.72 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 20 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 17 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 Borio 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Taljhari 17 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 20 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 20 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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.

Common questions about Bishunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bishunpur village had a population of 70. That makes it the 195th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Bishunpur village has 35 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Bishunpur covers 84.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bishunpur falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Taljhari, about 17 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 20 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 5.1 km away. Taljhari is about 17 km away. Sahibganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangmatia (under 2 km), Dhogora (under 2 km) and Gidakole (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bishunpur today is likely to be higher.

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