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Kusumba Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kusumba is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 215 families residing. The Kusumba village has population of 1001 of which 532 are males while 469 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kusumba village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kusumba village is 882 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kusumba as per census is 1031, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kusumba village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kusumba village was 68.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kusumba Male literacy stands at 77.14 % while female literacy rate was 57.82 %.

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

Kusumba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 1,001 532 469
Child (0-6) 130 64 66
Schedule Caste 367 195 172
Schedule Tribe 607 322 285
Literacy 68.20 % 77.14 % 57.82 %
Total Workers 507 319 188
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 77 35 42

Caste Factor

In Kusumba village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.66 % of total population in Kusumba village.

Work Profile

In Kusumba village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 84.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 290 were Agricultural labourer.