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Bishwanathpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Bishwanathpur is a large village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 550 families residing. The Bishwanathpur village has population of 2853 of which 1497 are males while 1356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bishwanathpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 275 which makes up 9.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bishwanathpur village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bishwanathpur as per census is 846, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bishwanathpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bishwanathpur village was 87.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bishwanathpur Male literacy stands at 94.88 % while female literacy rate was 79.67 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bishwanathpur 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 Bishwanathpur village.

Bishwanathpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 550 - -
Population 2,853 1,497 1,356
Child (0-6) 275 149 126
Schedule Caste 473 253 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.63 % 94.88 % 79.67 %
Total Workers 1,133 889 244
Main Worker 839 - -
Marginal Worker 294 200 94

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.58 % of total population in Bishwanathpur village. The village Bishwanathpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bishwanathpur village out of total population, 1133 were engaged in work activities. 74.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1133 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.