# Kushmundi Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kushmundi

Kushmundi is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,948 people in 970 households**, the 2nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 3,948people (2011)
- 970households
- 86.8%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushmundi

Of every 100 households in Kushmundi in 2011, 78 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kushmundi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**81%

Tap water ****6%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**93%

Use banking services ****57%**

**18%

Television ****59%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Kushmundi?

■ Kushmundi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**955

Working population ****31.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 82.8% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (7%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 940 (75%) · **■** Marginal 119 (9%)

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 Kushmundi

- Nahit4,630 people
- Karangi3,772 people
- Kasba3,710 people
- Ukhalia3,432 people
- Sarala2,848 people

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushmundi?3,948 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushmundi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushmundi?86.8% (Census 2011)