# Garakusum Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Garakusum

Garakusum is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **448 people in 100 households**, the 97th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 448people (2011)
- 100households
- 47.2%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garakusum

Of every 100 households in Garakusum in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garakusum · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

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

**56%

Use banking services ****82%**

**58%

Television ****6%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Garakusum?

■ Garakusum · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**924

Working population ****48.0%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 36.8% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 176 (82%)

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 Bankura - II

- Banhambirpur480 people
- Upar Dihi479 people
- Mauladanga472 people
- Baramasia455 people
- Bhanga Hira413 people
- Bahadurpur400 people
- Gouranga Dihi380 people
- Pashchim Ratanpur364 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garakusum?448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garakusum in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garakusum?47.2% (Census 2011)