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

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Kushtia

Kushtia is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,469 people in 307 households**, the 29th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,469people (2011)
- 307households
- 66.4%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushtia

Of every 100 households in Kushtia in 2011, 41 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kushtia · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**56%

Use banking services ****85%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kushtia?

■ Kushtia · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**924

Working population ****36.1%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 55.7% for women. 55% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 152 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (26%) · **■** Household industry 45 (8%) · **■** Other work 48 (9%) · **■** Marginal 146 (27%)

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

- Mithila1,668 people
- Akurabad1,660 people
- Ladadihi1,623 people
- Mukundapur1,525 people
- Tilabedya1,447 people
- Garerban1,421 people
- Chapatara1,385 people
- Kuraria1,375 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushtia?1,469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushtia in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushtia?66.4% (Census 2011)