# Kuswa Village, Hussainabad, Palamu (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Hussainabad, Palamu 

# Kuswa

Kuswa is a village in Hussainabad sub-district of Palamu district, Jharkhand, PIN code **822116**. The 2011 Census counted **1,978 people in 313 households**, the 16th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.1%.

- 1,978people (2011)
- 313households
- 64.3%literacy
- 822116PIN code

## Kuswa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kuswa is 822116.** Kuswa falls in Hussainabad sub-district, Palamu district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code822116
- Gram panchayatBarikalan
- Community development blockHussainabad
- Census village code364988

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

## How far is Kuswa from nearby towns?

- Hussainabad (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Medninagar (district HQ)81 km by road
- Hussainabad (nearest town)1 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 Kuswa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kuswa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hussainabad
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hussainabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Medininagar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Kuswa known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 75% of the 238 hectares of village land is sown, and 207 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 Kuswa

Of every 100 households in Kuswa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuswa · ■ Hussainabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****69%**

**57%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kuswa?

■ Kuswa · ■ Hussainabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**64.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****697**

**938

Working population ****31.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 50.4% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 561 (91%)

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 Hussainabad

- Budhua2,234 people
- Kachra2,140 people
- Sabano2,049 people
- Sonpurwa1,979 people
- Beni Kalan1,953 people
- Pathra1,944 people
- Niadain1,931 people
- Mahudand1,873 people

[All 175 villages in Hussainabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/palamu/hussainabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kuswa?822116
- How far is Kuswa from Medninagar?81 km by road
- What is the population of Kuswa?1,978 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuswa in?Palamu district (Hussainabad sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kuswa?64.3% (Census 2011)