Kusthan Population, Caste, Working Data Madhepura, Bihar - Census 2011

Kusthan is a village situated in Bihariganj block of Madhepura district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,448 families residing in the village Kusthan. The total population of Kusthan is 7,408 out of which 3,875 are males and 3,533 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kusthan is 912.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kusthan village is 1725 which is 23% of the total population. There are 867 male children and 858 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kusthan is 990 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (912) of Kusthan village.

Population
7,408
Families
1,448
Literacy
50.91%
Sex Ratio
912

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kusthan is 50.9%. Thus Kusthan village has higher literacy rate compared to 41.7% of Madhepura district. The male literacy rate is 59.64% and the female literacy rate is 41.08% in Kusthan village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Kusthan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Kusthan Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Kusthan village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,725 867 858
Literacy 50.91% 59.64% 41.08%
Scheduled Caste 964 497 467
Scheduled Tribe 244 124 120
Illiterate 4,515 2,081 2,434

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.3% of total population in Kusthan village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kusthan village out of total population, 2,256 were engaged in work activities. 41.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,256 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 394 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 938 754 184
Cultivators 94 75 19
Agriculture Labourer 394 323 71
Household Industries 11 8 3
Other Workers 439 348 91
Marginal Workers 1,318 1,010 308
Non Working 5,152 2,111 3,041

Nearby Villages to Kusthan,

Below are the list of villages near Kusthan village in Bihariganj.

Village Population
Hatiaundha 16,044
Rajganj 5,254
Bihariganj 12,157
Babhangawan 8,643
Barhya 1,477
Fatehpur 2,267
Bishunpur 1,357
Tulasia 4,879
Mohanpur Chaumukh 5,018
Kalhautia 5,654

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