# Kusumtikri Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Kusumtikri

Kusumtikri is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,060 people in 171 households**, the 42nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,060people (2011)
- 171households
- 63.1%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusumtikri

Of every 100 households in Kusumtikri in 2011, 53 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kusumtikri · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****99%**

**49%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**99%

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 Kusumtikri?

■ Kusumtikri · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**937

Working population ****31.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 45.7% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (7%) · **■** Marginal 225 (68%)

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 Jaipur

- Chaitandi1,105 people
- Jahajpur1,093 people
- Mantanr1,085 people
- Shyampur1,061 people
- Pratappur1,046 people
- Ramamoti1,018 people
- Rangnitanr1,010 people
- Kulara1,008 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusumtikri?1,060 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusumtikri in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusumtikri?63.1% (Census 2011)