# Ushka Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Ushka

Ushka is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,068 people in 248 households**, the 54th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,068people (2011)
- 248households
- 61.9%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ushka

Of every 100 households in Ushka in 2011, 26 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ushka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

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

**15%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**80%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ushka?

■ Ushka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**983

Working population ****52.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 53.2% for women. 60% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 106 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (40%) · **■** Other work 85 (15%) · **■** Marginal 146 (26%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Langalbhanga1,236 people
- Kulkuri1,231 people
- Muralpur1,203 people
- Bagalpur1,069 people
- Sarenda1,057 people
- Amjola1,048 people
- Raypur1,038 people
- Harinsinga1,030 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ushka?1,068 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ushka in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ushka?61.9% (Census 2011)