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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kotusol

Kotusol is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **508 people in 116 households**, the 105th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 508people (2011)
- 116households
- 71.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotusol

Of every 100 households in Kotusol in 2011, 30 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotusol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**86%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Kotusol?

■ Kotusol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**979

Working population ****50.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 68.2% for women. 65% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (20%) · **■** Household industry 13 (5%) · **■** Other work 41 (16%) · **■** Marginal 132 (52%)

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

- Kanyaduba513 people
- Santballa512 people
- Shalukageria509 people
- Bardanga508 people
- Rajaband505 people
- Metial504 people
- Dakshin Sole503 people
- Narayanpur502 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotusol?508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotusol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotusol?71.2% (Census 2011)