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About Biskarpur Village

Biskarpur is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 107 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biskarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biskarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Pincode 273411
Area (hectares) 34.6 hectares
Population 199
Male Population 107
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Biskarpur compares

By the 2011 count Biskarpur is the 371st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 34.6 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 1003.

Getting to Biskarpur

Biskarpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Biskarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Biskarpur from other places

Biskarpur lies about 36 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 21 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 Biskarpur
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 14 km
Nearest town Rūdarpur 18 km
Nearest railway station Dohrighat 21 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 36 km

Villages closest to Biskarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biskarpur village had a population of 199. That makes it the 371st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Biskarpur village has 107 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biskarpur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Biskarpur is 273411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biskarpur covers 34.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biskarpur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biskarpur is Dohrighat, about 21 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Biskarpur.

Biskarpur is about 36 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biskarpur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 14 km away. Rūdarpur is about 18 km away. Dohrighat is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tekua Chatur (under 2 km), Demusa (under 2 km) and Baghmaua (under 2 km).

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

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