# Kushaldi Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Kushaldi

Kushaldi is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,074 people in 433 households**, the 17th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,074people (2011)
- 433households
- 52.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushaldi

Of every 100 households in Kushaldi in 2011, 22 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kushaldi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**30%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kushaldi?

■ Kushaldi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**951

Working population ****42.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 36.3% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 499 (56%)

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 Bagmundi

- Chorda2,568 people
- Gagi2,441 people
- Hurumda2,406 people
- Biddiri2,110 people
- Tunturi2,037 people
- Marcha2,002 people
- Kalimati1,961 people
- Deuli1,908 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushaldi?2,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushaldi in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushaldi?52.1% (Census 2011)