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Bishankot Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bishankot is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 204 families residing. The Bishankot village has population of 1131 of which 592 are males while 539 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bishankot village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bishankot village is 910 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bishankot as per census is 806, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bishankot village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bishankot village was 74.53 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bishankot Male literacy stands at 77.31 % while female literacy rate was 71.52 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bishankot village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bishankot village.

Bishankot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 1,131 592 539
Child (0-6) 130 72 58
Schedule Caste 56 28 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.53 % 77.31 % 71.52 %
Total Workers 358 311 47
Main Worker 328 - -
Marginal Worker 30 16 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.95 % of total population in Bishankot village. The village Bishankot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bishankot village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 91.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.