# Kushgram Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kushgram

Kushgram is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 263 households**, the 74th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 263households
- 62.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushgram

Of every 100 households in Kushgram in 2011, 16 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kushgram · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

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 Kushgram?

■ Kushgram · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**969

Working population ****37.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 51.4% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 246 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (23%) · **■** Other work 45 (11%) · **■** Marginal 26 (6%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Uttar Lakshmipur1,144 people
- Pahargaon1,128 people
- Kashidanga1,119 people
- Chapair1,113 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people
- Sahapur1,088 people
- Uttar Shankarpur1,088 people
- Pachakandar1,076 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushgram?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushgram in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kushgram?62.9% (Census 2011)