# Kusumba Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Kusumba

Kusumba is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,762 people in 663 households**, the 21st largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 2,762people (2011)
- 663households
- 74.7%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusumba

Of every 100 households in Kusumba in 2011, 38 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusumba · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**36%

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

**20%

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

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**87%

Use banking services ****68%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

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 Kusumba?

■ Kusumba · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1293**

**945

Working population ****45.1%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 68.8% for women. 63% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (22%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 249 (20%) · **■** Marginal 543 (44%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Chandpur3,012 people
- Banhat2,892 people
- Masra2,863 people
- Saipur2,826 people
- Baidara2,661 people
- Chakaipur2,637 people
- Dekhuria2,583 people
- Bhatina2,570 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusumba?2,762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumba in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumba?74.7% (Census 2011)