# Alkusa Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Alkusa

Alkusa is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 198 households**, the 60th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 198households
- 70.5%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alkusa

Of every 100 households in Alkusa in 2011, 37 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alkusa · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**79%

Use banking services ****48%**

**47%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Alkusa?

■ Alkusa · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**968

Working population ****32.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 55.2% for women. 49% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (8%) · **■** Other work 219 (64%) · **■** Marginal 92 (27%)

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 Para

- Amlatora1,129 people
- Fatepur1,128 people
- Kankdiha1,128 people
- Intakora1,112 people
- Shyampur1,068 people
- Kushgora Gopinathpur1,037 people
- Rampur1,015 people
- Anantapur1,007 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alkusa?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkusa in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alkusa?70.5% (Census 2011)