About Bishunpur Village

Bishunpur is a mid sized village in Bhanpur tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,491, made up of 802 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.47 hectares hectares.

Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishunpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Bhanpur
Area (hectares)	86.47 hectares
Population	1,491
Male Population	802
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Bishunpur is the 53rd largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 86.47 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Bishunpur

Bishunpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bishunpur as Available within village. 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 Bishunpur from other places

Bishunpur lies about 167 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Lohta, about 1.8 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	Lohta	1.8 km
Nearest town	Varanasi	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanpur	21 km
District headquarters	Basti	167 km

Villages closest to Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanpur 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 1,491. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Bishunpur village has 802 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishunpur has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Bishunpur covers 86.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bishunpur falls under Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bishunpur is Lohta, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bishunpur.

Bishunpur is about 167 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishunpur is in Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district. Lohta is about 1.8 km away. Varanasi is about 9.0 km away. Bhanpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.