# Kusmi Village, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Kusmi

Kusmi is a village in Dongargarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491445**. The 2011 Census counted **629 people in 106 households**, the 108th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 629people (2011)
- 106households
- 68.6%literacy
- 491445PIN code

## Kusmi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kusmi is 491445.** Kusmi falls in Dongargarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491445
- Gram panchayatKusmi
- Community development blockDongargarh
- Census village code440579

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kusmi from nearby towns?

- Dongargarh (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)20 km by road
- Dongargarh (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kusmi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kusmi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Musrakala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dongargarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dongargarh
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kusmi known for?

About 70% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kusmi

Of every 100 households in Kusmi in 2011, 96 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kusmi · ■ Dongargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****57%**

**71%

Television ****43%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kusmi?

■ Kusmi · ■ Dongargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**959

Working population ****56.0%**

**54.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 58.0% for women. 53% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (10%) · **■** Marginal 238 (68%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dongargarh

- Nawagaon662 people
- Khudmudi644 people
- Gatapar Khurd642 people
- Kaneri641 people
- Vishnupur628 people
- Chhote Kusmi618 people
- Kothitola612 people
- Khairbana610 people

[All 178 villages in Dongargarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon/dongargarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kusmi?491445
- How far is Kusmi from Rajnandgaon?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kusmi?629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusmi in?Rajnandgaon district (Dongargarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kusmi?68.6% (Census 2011)