# Kustor Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Kustor

Kustor is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 112 households**, the 139th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 499people (2011)
- 112households
- 78.1%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kustor

Of every 100 households in Kustor in 2011, 48 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kustor · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**85%

Use banking services ****79%**

**57%

Television ****31%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Kustor?

■ Kustor · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**961

Working population ****30.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 70.6% for women. 60% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 79 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (9%) · **■** Other work 32 (21%) · **■** Marginal 26 (17%)

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 Sainthia

- Chhota Sangra508 people
- Gangpur505 people
- Somdanga501 people
- Junedpur500 people
- Sahispur497 people
- Dakshin Hajrapur481 people
- Madhupur473 people
- Behira472 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kustor?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kustor in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kustor?78.1% (Census 2011)