Village · Sainthia, Birbhum
# Kusumdihi

Kusumdihi is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,111 people in 262 households, the 54th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.
- 1,111 people (2011)
- 262 households
- 56.6% literacy
- 998 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusumdihi

Of every 100 households in Kusumdihi in 2011, 23 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusumdihi · ■ Sainthia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 37%
- Toilet within the home 8% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 82%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 52% 85%
- Use banking services 69% 57%
- Television 18% 20%
- Mobile phone 16% 26%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 33%
- Own their home 94% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kusumdihi?

■ Kusumdihi · ■ Sainthia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.6% 71.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 998 950
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1065 961
- Working population 46.3% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 44.2% for women. 56% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 74 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 44 (9%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 90 (18%) · ■ Marginal 304 (59%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sainthia
- Bengra 1,158 people
- Markola 1,125 people
- Phulur 1,117 people
- Uttar Tilpara 1,113 people
- Harishkopa 1,099 people
- Neturi 1,092 people
- Matiara 1,089 people
- Indira 1,070 people

All 230 villages in Sainthia

## Other places named Kusumdihi
- Kusumdihi · Village, Koida, Sundargarh · 858 people
- Kusumdihi · Village, Katarbaga, Sambalpur · 747 people
- Kusumdihi · Village, Kolabira, Jharsuguda · 549 people
- Kusumdihi · Village, Chandiposh, Sundargarh · 356 people
- Kusumdihi · Village, Ambabhona, Bargarh · 255 people
- Kusumdihi · Village, Lahunipara, Sundargarh · 164 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kusumdihi? 1,111 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumdihi in? Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumdihi? 56.6% (Census 2011)

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