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Kustor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kustor is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 253 families residing. The Kustor village has population of 1296 of which 644 are males while 652 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kustor village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 13.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kustor village is 1012 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kustor as per census is 891, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kustor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kustor village was 64.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kustor Male literacy stands at 77.17 % while female literacy rate was 52.46 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kustor 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 Kustor village.

Kustor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,296 644 652
Child (0-6) 174 92 82
Schedule Caste 523 254 269
Schedule Tribe 414 202 212
Literacy 64.62 % 77.17 % 52.46 %
Total Workers 615 339 276
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 415 181 234

Caste Factor

In Kustor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.35 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.94 % of total population in Kustor village.

Work Profile

In Kustor village out of total population, 615 were engaged in work activities. 32.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 615 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.