# Kusumkot Bk. Village, Dharni, Amravati (Maharashtra)

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Village · Dharni, Amravati 

# Kusumkot Bk.

Kusumkot Bk. is a village in Dharni sub-district of Amravati district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **2,740 people in 497 households**, the 4th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 2,740people (2011)
- 497households
- 75.3%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Kusumkot Bk. PIN code and other codes

Kusumkot Bk. falls in Dharni sub-district, Amravati district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDharni
- Census village code531421

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

## How far is Kusumkot Bk. from nearby towns?

- Dharni (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Amravati (district HQ)153 km by road
- Achalpur (nearest town)102 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 Kusumkot Bk.?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Kusumkot Bk.; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dharni
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kusumkot
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Amravati
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Kusumkot Bk. known for?

About 85% of the 523 hectares of village land is sown, and 322 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 Kusumkot Bk.

Of every 100 households in Kusumkot Bk. in 2011, 50 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kusumkot Bk. · ■ Dharni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**90%

Tap water ****75%**

**54%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**35%

Television ****25%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****60%**

**62%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kusumkot Bk.?

■ Kusumkot Bk. · ■ Dharni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**957

Working population ****33.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.4% for women. 48% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 341 (37%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 137 (15%) · **■** Marginal 276 (30%)

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 Dharni

- Kalamkhar3,344 people
- Sawalikheda3,283 people
- Bairagad3,228 people
- Titamba2,650 people
- Sadrabardi2,478 people
- Zilpi2,332 people
- Kutanga2,233 people

[All 156 villages in Dharni](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/amravati/dharni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kusumkot Bk. from Amravati?153 km by road
- What is the population of Kusumkot Bk.?2,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumkot Bk. in?Amravati district (Dharni sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumkot Bk.?75.3% (Census 2011)
