Bishunpur

Amour block · Purnia district, Bihar · PIN 854321 · village code 223763

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,349 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,120 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,349

Male / female

1,222 / 1,127

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

922

Children aged 0–6

460

Literacy rate

45.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

34 / 0

Working population

625

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

57.0%

Households

519

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

380

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

202

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

82%

Net sown area

150 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

150 / 150 / 25

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bishunpur panchayat, Amour 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

₹40.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.02 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹38.41 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹18.60 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.60 lakh · received ₹6.38 lakh · spent ₹8.58 lakh · left ₹12.41 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹26.38 lakh · received ₹9.64 lakh · spent ₹29.83 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.6937, 87.4383 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Purnia district · School staffing across Purnia · …and across Bihar