# Usir Village, Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya 

# Usir

Usir is a village in Raghunathpur - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,430 people in 467 households**, the 11th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 2,430people (2011)
- 467households
- 57.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Usir

Of every 100 households in Usir in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Usir · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

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

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**71%

Use banking services ****67%**

**55%

Television ****16%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

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 Usir?

■ Usir · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**953

Working population ****30.9%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 43.6% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (14%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 188 (25%) · **■** Marginal 269 (36%)

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 Raghunathpur - II

- Mangalda3,187 people
- Kargali3,111 people
- Bamarra2,707 people
- Bagra2,492 people
- Gabranda2,235 people
- Pabra2,143 people
- Baragarya2,142 people
- Dumurkola2,115 people

[All 106 villages in Raghunathpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Usir?2,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Usir in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Usir?57.4% (Census 2011)