Bishunpur
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221610
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,264 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,300 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,264
Male / female
669 / 595
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
231
Literacy rate
28.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
67 / 0
Working population
475
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
293
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
375
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 73 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhol Baja panchayat, Forbesganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹77.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.67 lakh
Received directly
₹96,685
Spent
₹70.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.34 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹18.66 lakh · left ₹16.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.40 lakh · received ₹14.84 lakh · spent ₹52.09 lakh · left ₹16.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2588 —
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Nearby villages
Birnagar Milik
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar