Bishanpurਬਿਸ਼ਨਪੁਰ

Where is Bishanpur?

Bishanpur is a village in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Phagwara, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phagwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029614, and it covers 210 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 307 people in Bishanpur: 157 men and 150 women, living in 60 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 210 hectares, the population density works out to about 146 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 955 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 28, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 283 people, about 92 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.36 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.31 per cent and women at 77.21 per cent. The census recorded 91 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 81 main workers, the largest group, 63, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 12 cultivators on their own land and 6 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bishanpur's land. Of the village's 210 hectares, 166 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (166 hectares). About 15 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 14 cultivators and 6 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bishanpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Phagwara, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Phagwara, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Fatehgarh, Bazindowal, Dhak Pandori and Dhak Khalwara.

What is the population of Bishanpur?

The population of Bishanpur was 307 at the 2011 census, living in 60 households in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Bishanpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bishanpur has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.