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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Pusti

Pusti is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,374 people in 502 households**, the 7th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 2,374people (2011)
- 502households
- 64.6%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pusti

Of every 100 households in Pusti in 2011, 84 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pusti · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Pusti?

■ Pusti · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**946

Working population ****37.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 49.4% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 327 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (6%) · **■** Marginal 494 (55%)

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

- Jargo4,083 people
- Ilu3,131 people
- Masina2,724 people
- Kalma2,536 people
- Ghutia2,280 people
- Birudi2,230 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Kusi1,998 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pusti?2,374 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pusti in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pusti?64.6% (Census 2011)