# Rajkusum Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Rajkusum

Rajkusum is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,705 people in 409 households**, the 20th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,705people (2011)
- 409households
- 71.8%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajkusum

Of every 100 households in Rajkusum in 2011, 50 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajkusum · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**38%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**70%

Use banking services ****100%**

**68%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Rajkusum?

■ Rajkusum · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**976

Working population ****51.1%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 63.8% for women. 63% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (10%) · **■** Marginal 717 (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 Kanksa

- Domra2,035 people
- Ayma Biswanathpur1,971 people
- Tilakchandrapur1,970 people
- Sibpur1,953 people
- Kanchanpur1,627 people
- Rakshitpur1,625 people
- Jatgaria1,595 people
- Nutunganj1,583 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajkusum?1,705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajkusum in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajkusum?71.8% (Census 2011)