# Kustor Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kustor

Kustor is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,296 people in 253 households**, the 42nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,296people (2011)
- 253households
- 64.6%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kustor

Of every 100 households in Kustor in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kustor · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Kustor?

■ Kustor · ■ Kashipur rural average

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

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**937

Working population ****47.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 52.5% for women. 53% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (9%) · **■** Other work 89 (14%) · **■** Marginal 415 (67%)

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

- Kusumgora Alias Ranjandi1,362 people
- Murlu1,352 people
- Jinamanipur1,325 people
- Rangamatia1,316 people
- Bodma1,260 people
- Kushjuri1,252 people
- Lohat1,210 people
- Majurjura1,204 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kustor?1,296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kustor in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kustor?64.6% (Census 2011)