# Kushma Khurd Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Kushma Khurd

Kushma Khurd is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 171 households**, the 124th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 171households
- 50.0%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushma Khurd

Of every 100 households in Kushma Khurd in 2011, 25 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kushma Khurd · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****26%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**54%

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

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****94%**

**83%

Television ****33%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Kushma Khurd?

■ Kushma Khurd · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**902

Working population ****23.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.0% for men and 40.1% for women. 37% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Household industry 10 (4%) · **■** Other work 58 (21%) · **■** Marginal 162 (60%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Chechuapar1,175 people
- Semra1,164 people
- Debipar Dugduia1,154 people
- Jagdishpur Urf Mahi1,153 people
- Kusmaul1,125 people
- Bhitaha1,121 people
- Tikariakhore1,097 people
- Narawli1,036 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushma Khurd?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushma Khurd in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kushma Khurd?50.0% (Census 2011)