# Alkushia Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Alkushia

Alkushia is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 110 households**, the 80th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 560people (2011)
- 110households
- 80.8%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alkushia

Of every 100 households in Alkushia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Alkushia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****42%**

**34%

Television ****32%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alkushia?

■ Alkushia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**979

Working population ****34.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 72.4% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (24%) · **■** Marginal 144 (75%)

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 Jhargram

- Jaynagar567 people
- Kundal Dihi567 people
- Nayagram566 people
- Kalsi Bhanga563 people
- Satpati560 people
- Balla554 people
- Gobindapur553 people
- Patharnala553 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alkushia?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkushia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alkushia?80.8% (Census 2011)