# Pustighata Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pustighata

Pustighata is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,368 people in 551 households**, the 41st largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,368people (2011)
- 551households
- 72.2%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pustighata

Of every 100 households in Pustighata in 2011, 12 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pustighata · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**7%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**94%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**21%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 Pustighata?

■ Pustighata · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**970

Working population ****40.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 68.1% for women. 64% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 260 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 374 (39%) · **■** Household industry 59 (6%) · **■** Other work 92 (10%) · **■** Marginal 173 (18%)

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 Bagda

- Malidah2,472 people
- Harinathpur2,449 people
- Kashipur2,433 people
- Mandabghata2,378 people
- Chandpur2,312 people
- Kola2,272 people
- Uttar Panchpota2,242 people
- Mashyampur2,218 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pustighata?2,368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pustighata in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pustighata?72.2% (Census 2011)