# Kushtuka Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Kushtuka

Kushtuka is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,673 people in 303 households**, the 38th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,673people (2011)
- 303households
- 59.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushtuka

Of every 100 households in Kushtuka in 2011, 19 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kushtuka · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**84%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kushtuka?

■ Kushtuka · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1254**

**966

Working population ****26.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 42.2% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 134 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (5%) · **■** Household industry 37 (8%) · **■** Other work 214 (49%) · **■** Marginal 32 (7%)

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 Purulia - II

- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people
- Baligara1,731 people
- Kolbandh1,731 people
- Tatari1,696 people
- Chirumacha1,615 people
- Purda1,593 people
- Singhbazar1,580 people
- Bandhgar1,543 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushtuka?1,673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushtuka in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushtuka?59.4% (Census 2011)