# Kusthalia Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Kusthalia

Kusthalia is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,902 people in 392 households**, the 30th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,902people (2011)
- 392households
- 83.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusthalia

Of every 100 households in Kusthalia in 2011, 47 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kusthalia · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****21%**

**67%

Use banking services ****45%**

**43%

Television ****36%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kusthalia?

■ Kusthalia · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**908

Working population ****40.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 72.7% for women. 57% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 119 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 139 (18%) · **■** Marginal 320 (42%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Barasal Srirampur2,070 people
- Ranganathpur2,022 people
- Barajuri1,940 people
- Nabagram1,911 people
- Duberdanga1,858 people
- Bhakta Band1,850 people
- Bihar Jurya1,762 people
- Durlabhpur1,725 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusthalia?1,902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusthalia in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusthalia?83.1% (Census 2011)