# Kushalya Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Kushalya

Kushalya is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,793 people in 378 households**, the 18th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,793people (2011)
- 378households
- 92.0%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushalya

Of every 100 households in Kushalya in 2011, 18 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushalya · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****57%**

**42%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Kushalya?

■ Kushalya · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**948

Working population ****37.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 87.1% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (12%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 166 (25%) · **■** Marginal 294 (44%)

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 Contai - III

- Paik Bar2,254 people
- Panichiara2,177 people
- Bhaitgar2,053 people
- Karalda Nimak Bar1,968 people
- Benyajhi1,736 people
- Sijua1,706 people
- Adampur1,626 people
- Bidhubahiri1,577 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushalya?1,793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushalya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushalya?92.0% (Census 2011)