Bituše

Bituše is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Bituše is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of three households and the anthroponymy attested was Albanian in character.
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Bituše was inhabited by 624 Bulgarians.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 96 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

Macedonians 95
Serbs 1

As of the 2021 census, Bituše had 161 residents with the following ethnic composition:

Macedonians 128
Others 29
Others 3
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1