# Pusha, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Pusha

Pusha is a village in [Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,110 people in 267 households**, the 49th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,110people (2011)
- 267households
- 86.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pusha

Of every 100 households in Pusha in 2011, 47 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pusha · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****2%**

**46%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**30%

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 Pusha?

■ Pusha · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**932

Working population ****49.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 75.4% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (13%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 425 (78%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Ektarpur1,184 people
- Golara Bheri1,147 people
- Irda1,145 people
- Brajalalpur1,144 people
- Bala Bhadrapur1,101 people
- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Tarat1,090 people
- Khari Gerya1,060 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pusha?1,110 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pusha in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pusha?86.0% (Census 2011)