# Kushma Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Kushma

Kushma is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **207 people in 49 households**, the 71st largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 207people (2011)
- 49households
- 64.3%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushma

Of every 100 households in Kushma in 2011, 24 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushma · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**36%

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

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kushma?

■ Kushma · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****100**

**952

Working population ****35.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 54.8% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (39%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 14 (19%)

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 Rajnagar

- Barkonda269 people
- Malkura225 people
- Arali214 people
- Hirapur211 people
- Nutangram205 people
- Baraghata202 people
- Nimra201 people
- Amlachaturi189 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushma?207 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushma in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushma?64.3% (Census 2011)