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Kusi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kusi is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 381 families residing. The Kusi village has population of 1998 of which 1019 are males while 979 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kusi village population of children with age 0-6 is 314 which makes up 15.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kusi village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kusi as per census is 847, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kusi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kusi village was 71.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kusi Male literacy stands at 85.51 % while female literacy rate was 56.41 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kusi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kusi village.

Kusi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,998 1,019 979
Child (0-6) 314 170 144
Schedule Caste 206 121 85
Schedule Tribe 29 13 16
Literacy 71.08 % 85.51 % 56.41 %
Total Workers 918 543 375
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 566 228 338

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.45 % of total population in Kusi village.

Work Profile

In Kusi village out of total population, 918 were engaged in work activities. 38.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 918 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.