# Kushtara Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kushtara

Kushtara is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **625 people in 110 households**, the 101st largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 625people (2011)
- 110households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,264females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushtara

Of every 100 households in Kushtara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushtara · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****58%**

**52%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kushtara?

■ Kushtara · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1264**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**991

Working population ****54.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 63.9% for women. 59% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (42%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 155 (46%)

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 Salbani

- Khayerdanga640 people
- Jara634 people
- Jaypur629 people
- Andharmara625 people
- Jarka618 people
- Panison614 people
- Nadarya613 people
- Gohaldanga600 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushtara?625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushtara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushtara?70.6% (Census 2011)