Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area 1,870 km² ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | Vehicle registration WB Population 1.112 million (2011) | |
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Bishnupur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Subdivisions
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 595 per km2. 29.07 % of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.
Administrative units
Bishnupur subdivision has 6 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 56 gram panchayats, 890 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 1 census town. The municipalities are Bishnupur and Sonamukhi. The census town is: Kotulpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bishnupur.
Police stations
Police stations in Bishnupur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Blocks
Community development blocks in Bishnupur subdivision are:
Gram Panchayats
The subdivision contains 56 gram panchayats under six community development blocks:
Education
Bankura district had a literacy rate of 70.26% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Bankura Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.56%, Khatra subdivision 69.79% and Bishnupur subdivision 71.60%.
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Bankura district for the year 2013-14. It may be noted that primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.
The following institutions are located in Bishnupur subdivision:
Healthcare
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Bankura district.
Bishnupur has a Subdivisional Hospital with 250 beds. There are Block Public Health Centres at Radhanagar, Indas, Jaypur and Patrasayer. There are Rural Hospitals at Kotulpur and Sonamukhi.
Electoral constituencies
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bankura district were as follows: