# Kastikumari Village, Bishnupur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kastikumari

Kastikumari is a village in Bishnupur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,100 people in 597 households**, the 21st largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 3,100people (2011)
- 597households
- 75.9%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kastikumari

Of every 100 households in Kastikumari in 2011, 54 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kastikumari · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**44%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**36%

Television ****28%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kastikumari?

■ Kastikumari · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**954

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 68.4% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (8%) · **■** Household industry 558 (52%) · **■** Other work 241 (22%) · **■** Marginal 191 (18%)

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 Bishnupur - I

- Gangarai3,316 people
- Chak Balaibag3,167 people
- Damdamakismat3,128 people
- Bharu Ramkrishnapur3,124 people
- Julpia2,968 people
- Salpukuria2,931 people
- Rajakgohalia2,903 people
- Nettana2,820 people

[All 85 villages in Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kastikumari?3,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kastikumari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kastikumari?75.9% (Census 2011)