Village · Bordumsa, Changlang
# Kusum Pothar

Kusum Pothar is a village in Bordumsa sub-district of Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 351 people in 67 households, the 28th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 10.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.8%.
- 351 people (2011)
- 67 households
- 10.3% literacy
- 972 females per 1,000 males

## Kusum Pothar PIN code and other codes

Kusum Pothar falls in Bordumsa sub-district, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Bordumsa
- Census village code 264365

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kusum Pothar from nearby towns?
- Bordumsa (sub-district HQ) 6 km by road
- Changlang (district HQ) 115 km by road
- Namsai (nearest town) 37 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kusum Pothar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kusum Pothar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Public library In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Bordumsa
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Changlang
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Balinong
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 11 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kusum Pothar known for?

The main crops are paddy and tea.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kusum Pothar

Of every 100 households in Kusum Pothar in 2011, 5 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusum Pothar · ■ Bordumsa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 5% 29%
- Toilet within the home 98% 69%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 28%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 62% 62%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 89%
- Use banking services 27% 29%
- Television 8% 24%
- Mobile phone 21% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 25% 19%
- Own their home 100% 69%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kusum Pothar?

■ Kusum Pothar · ■ Bordumsa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 10.3% 51.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 972 955
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1053 1010
- Working population 45.3% 39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 16.4% for men and 3.8% for women. 49% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 141 (89%) · ■ Farm labourers 12 (8%) · ■ Other work 6 (4%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bordumsa
- Wagun - IV 436 people
- Gidding 408 people
- Kherempani 400 people
- Galenja Singpho 366 people
- Kumung Pothar -I 341 people
- Gidding Adivashi 326 people
- Kherem Kachari 321 people
- Galenja Ponthai 309 people

All 42 villages in Bordumsa

## Quick answers
- How far is Kusum Pothar from Changlang? 115 km by road
- What is the population of Kusum Pothar? 351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusum Pothar in? Changlang district (Bordumsa sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kusum Pothar? 10.3% (Census 2011)

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