Bishnupur | |
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| Coordinates: 23°04′26″N 87°19′12″E / 23.07389°N 87.32000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Medinipur |
| Headquarters | Bishnupur |
| Government | |
| • Subdivisions | Bishnupur Sadar |
| • CD Blocks | Sonamukhi, Bishnupur, Patrasayer, Joypur, Indas, Kotulpur |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Bishnupur |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Bishnupur, Katulpur, Indas, Sonamukhi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,870.75 km2 (722.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,111,935 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 105,351 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 70.28 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 914 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | bankura |
Bishnupur district is a proposed district to be created in the Indian state of West Bengal. The district would be carved out from the existing Bankura district. The district headquarters would be Bishnupur.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "New District: Bishnupur residents excited with CM statement". The Statesman. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "ভাঙছে জেলা, আবেগও দু'ভাগ". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "বাঁকুড়া-বিষ্ণুপুর ভাগ হলে ধাক্কা খেতে পারে ঐতিহ্যবাহী সংস্কৃতি, আশঙ্কা জেলাবাসীর". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 2 August 2022.