# Kusumda Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kusumda

Kusumda is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,836 people in 448 households**, the 30th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,836people (2011)
- 448households
- 80.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusumda

Of every 100 households in Kusumda in 2011, 7 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusumda · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****30%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kusumda?

■ Kusumda · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**942

Working population ****61.4%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 74.8% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 144 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 92 (8%) · **■** Marginal 749 (66%)

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 Pingla

- Sahara1,872 people
- Chandipur1,869 people
- Lakshmi Pari1,856 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paschim Bar1,852 people
- Bara Khelna1,793 people
- Darra1,688 people
- Nungodar1,658 people
- Abdulla1,568 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusumda?1,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumda?80.9% (Census 2011)