# Kushumda Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kushumda

Kushumda is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,635 people in 343 households**, the 31st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,635people (2011)
- 343households
- 83.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushumda

Of every 100 households in Kushumda in 2011, 26 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kushumda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**17%

Tap water ****61%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**31%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****23%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kushumda?

■ Kushumda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**953

Working population ****39.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 76.0% for women. 61% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 247 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (20%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (18%) · **■** Marginal 145 (22%)

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 - II

- Betarui1,690 people
- Purunda1,654 people
- Banshi Chak1,639 people
- Chauraigram1,636 people
- Srikrishnapur1,576 people
- Ekarukhi1,534 people
- Baman Sai1,527 people
- Daharda1,503 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushumda?1,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushumda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushumda?83.3% (Census 2011)