# Kushjuri Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kushjuri

Kushjuri is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 241 households**, the 44th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 241households
- 70.2%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushjuri

Of every 100 households in Kushjuri in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushjuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**21%

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 Kushjuri?

■ Kushjuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**937

Working population ****38.6%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 55.1% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (10%) · **■** Marginal 389 (81%)

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 Kashipur

- Jinamanipur1,325 people
- Rangamatia1,316 people
- Kustor1,296 people
- Bodma1,260 people
- Lohat1,210 people
- Majurjura1,204 people
- Dhanera1,165 people
- Kuardi1,148 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushjuri?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushjuri in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushjuri?70.2% (Census 2011)