# Alkusha Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Alkusha

Alkusha is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **663 people in 122 households**, the 46th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 663people (2011)
- 122households
- 54.1%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alkusha

Of every 100 households in Alkusha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alkusha · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**46%

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

**10%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**66%

Use banking services ****40%**

**57%

Television ****23%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Alkusha?

■ Alkusha · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**967

Working population ****45.1%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 40.8% for women. 53% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 210 (70%) · **■** Other work 87 (29%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Neturia

- Goaladi761 people
- Dhanibari734 people
- Bakbari705 people
- Janardandi686 people
- Pochhyara633 people
- Raghudi614 people
- Bhaska608 people
- Rangdihi601 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alkusha?663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkusha in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alkusha?54.1% (Census 2011)