# Kusmai Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Kusmai

Kusmai is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,384 people in 312 households**, the 54th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,384people (2011)
- 312households
- 62.3%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusmai

Of every 100 households in Kusmai in 2011, 10 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusmai · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****9%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kusmai?

■ Kusmai · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**944

Working population ****44.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 56.3% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 143 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (38%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 204 (33%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Uttar Basantapur1,498 people
- Bakipur1,489 people
- Bamua1,449 people
- Shaktihar1,410 people
- Tarapur1,376 people
- Pirozabad1,352 people
- Gagra1,337 people
- Daibhata1,184 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusmai?1,384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusmai in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusmai?62.3% (Census 2011)