# Kasturi Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Kasturi

Kasturi is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 204 households**, the 251st largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 204households
- 64.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasturi

Of every 100 households in Kasturi in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kasturi · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****4%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****60%**

**74%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**11%

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 Kasturi?

■ Kasturi · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**922

Working population ****32.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 55.1% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (24%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 72 (18%) · **■** Marginal 127 (32%)

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 Colonelganj

- Gurwaliya1,242 people
- Manihari1,239 people
- Lohangpur1,235 people
- Chilbil Mahas1,230 people
- Bikarwa1,223 people
- Bihuri1,215 people
- Pratappur1,215 people
- Akhadera1,214 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasturi?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasturi in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kasturi?64.4% (Census 2011)