Bishunpur
Ekangarsarai block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801306
· village code 244871
Population 2011
1,263
Census of India
Population 2020
1,412
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
149 people · 1.2% a year
Households
285
+78.1% vs 160 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,263
Male / female
655 / 608
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
235
Literacy rate
56.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
69 / 0
Working population
368
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
160
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
58
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
225 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
221 / 225 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Soniyawan panchayat, Ekangarsarai 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
₹20.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.38 lakh
Received directly
₹35,190
Spent
₹32.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.66 lakh · received ₹5.73 lakh · spent ₹16.29 lakh · left ₹1.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.14 lakh · received ₹8.65 lakh · spent ₹16.09 lakh · left ₹2.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
School
staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar