# Kushmi Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kushmi

Kushmi is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,137 people in 263 households**, the 46th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,137people (2011)
- 263households
- 74.6%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushmi

Of every 100 households in Kushmi in 2011, 60 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushmi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**62%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kushmi?

■ Kushmi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**963

Working population ****29.6%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 66.8% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (31%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 121 (36%)

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 Dantan - I

- Kharijha Pari1,205 people
- Bamanda1,171 people
- Dhunria1,170 people
- Gargaria1,142 people
- Bhurangi1,134 people
- Baharda1,130 people
- Haripura1,122 people
- Bejda1,107 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushmi?1,137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushmi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushmi?74.6% (Census 2011)