# Kusi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Kusi

Kusi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,998 people in 381 households**, the 11th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,998people (2011)
- 381households
- 71.1%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kusi

Of every 100 households in Kusi in 2011, 39 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kusi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****94%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kusi?

■ Kusi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**946

Working population ****45.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 56.4% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 224 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 103 (11%) · **■** Marginal 566 (62%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Pusti2,374 people
- Ghutia2,280 people
- Birudi2,230 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Khamar1,799 people
- Garia1,726 people
- Danrda1,675 people
- Kudlum1,662 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kusi?1,998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kusi?71.1% (Census 2011)