About Bishanpura Village

Bishanpura is a mid sized village in Samana tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,140, made up of 615 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishanpura village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Samana
Pincode	147101
Area (hectares)	384 hectares
Population	1,140
Male Population	615
Female Population	525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bishanpura compares

By the 2011 count Bishanpura is the 39th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 384 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Bishanpura

Bishanpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bishanpura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bishanpura from other places

Bishanpura lies about 28 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kalhemajra, 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 Bishanpura
Tehsil headquarters	Samana	7.2 km
Nearest town	Samāna	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kalhemajra	16 km
District headquarters	Patiala	28 km

Villages closest to Bishanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bishanpura village had a population of 1,140. That makes it the 39th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Bishanpura village has 615 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishanpura has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Bishanpura is 147101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bishanpura covers 384 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bishanpura falls under Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bishanpura is Kalhemajra, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bishanpura.

Bishanpura is about 28 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishanpura is in Samana tehsil of Patiala district. Samana is about 7.2 km away. Samāna is about 7.2 km away. Kalhemajra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.