Bhagwanpur Bhagwānpur
Village
Bhagwanpur Location in Bihar, India Show map of Bihar Bhagwanpur Bhagwanpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°57′32″N 83°36′21″E / 24.95883°N 83.60592°E / 24.95883; 83.60592[1]
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Area [2]
• Total	0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,213[2]
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Bhagwanpur is a village and corresponding community development block in Kaimur district of Bihar, India.^[2] As of 2011, its population was 6,213, in 1,081 households, while the total block population was 91,113, in 15,145 households.^[2]

The famous Mundeshwari Temple is located in Ramgarh village of Bhagwanpur block.^[2]

Geography

Bhagwanpur is a hilly block with no canal systems; irrigation is done instead with ditches and ponds.^[2]

Demographics

The 2011 census of India reported that Bhagwanpur block had a sex ratio of 923 females to every 1000 males (about the same as the district ratio of 920).^[2] The sex ratio was higher in the 0-6 age group, with 971 females for every 1000 males; the sex ratio in this group was the highest in Kaimur district.^[2] Of the block's total population of 91,113, a total of 16,968 people were ages 0–6.^[2] Members of scheduled castes made up 27.26% of the block population, and members of scheduled tribes made up 2.52%.^[2] The literacy rate in Bhagwanpur block was 65.10% (74.40% among men and 54.91% among women), which was a bit lower than the district average of 69.34%.^[2]

Most of the block's workforce was employed in agriculture in 2011, with 27.27% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 50.23% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages.^[2] An additional 7.03% of workers were counted as household industry workers, and the remaining 15.46% were other workers.^[2] The majority of Bhagwanpur block's workforce was male, with 21,208 being men and 7,661 being women.^[2]

Villages

Bhagwanpur block contains the following 135 villages:^[2]

References