# Kusumba Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kusumba

Kusumba is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,001 people in 215 households**, the 48th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,001people (2011)
- 215households
- 68.2%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusumba

Of every 100 households in Kusumba in 2011, 26 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusumba · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****13%**

**32%

Television ****18%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kusumba?

■ Kusumba · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**972

Working population ****50.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 57.8% for women. 60% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 122 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 290 (57%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 77 (15%)

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 Bansihari

- Baharail1,172 people
- Rupahata1,152 people
- Rasidpur1,079 people
- Dhiltail1,005 people
- Sihal1,001 people
- Barahara987 people
- Kesharghata970 people
- Narayanpur953 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusumba?1,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumba in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumba?68.2% (Census 2011)