# Usma Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Usma

Usma is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 107 households**, the 91st largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 479people (2011)
- 107households
- 89.0%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Usma

Of every 100 households in Usma in 2011, 93 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Usma · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**10%

Tap water ****28%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****17%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Usma?

■ Usma · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**926

Working population ****62.2%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 81.3% for women. 69% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (22%) · **■** Other work 46 (15%) · **■** Marginal 135 (45%)

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 Egra - I

- Jhanajhari518 people
- Gokul Pur513 people
- Gopalpur509 people
- Shimulia Bar505 people
- Jamgan466 people
- Ranisai460 people
- Sonapada455 people
- Jagannathpur453 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Usma?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Usma in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Usma?89.0% (Census 2011)