| Bishunpur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 23.3815°N 84.3717°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 1309 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages * |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 835231 |
| Area Code: | 06524 |
| Registration Plate: | JH 07 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 79.52% |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Bishunpur is a village in the Bishunpur CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Bishunpur is located at 23.3815°N 84.3717°W
Bishunpur is 51 km west of Lohardaga on the Ranchi- Netarhat road.[1]
The map alongside presents a rugged area, consisting partly of flat-topped hills called pat and partly of an undulating plateau, in the south-western portion of Chota Nagpur Plateau. Three major rivers – the Sankh, South Koel and North Karo - along with their numerous tributaries, drain the area. The hilly area has large deposits of Bauxite. 93.7% of the population lives in rural areas.[2] [3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
There is a police station at Bishunpur.[4]
The headquarters of Bishunpur CD block are located at Bishunpur village.[5]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bishunpur had a total population of 1,309, of which 652 (50%) were males and 657 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 181. The total number of literate persons in Bishunpur was 897 (79.52% of the population over 6 years).[6]
(*For language details see Bishunpur block#Language and religion)
S.S. High School Bishunpur is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching from class VII to class XII. It has a playground and a library with 500 books.[7]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. The school has a playground, a library with 328 books and has 9 computers for learning and teaching purposes.[8]
Project Girls High School is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1981. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. The school has a library with 252 books.[9]