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About Khar Kusum Village

Khar Kusum is one of the larger villages in Garbeta I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,428, made up of 2,819 males and 2,609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Kusum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar Kusum village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Garbeta I
Pincode 721165
Area (hectares) 89.63 hectares
Population 5,428
Male Population 2,819
Female Population 2,609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar Kusum compares

By the 2011 count Khar Kusum is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 89.63 hectares work out to about 61 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Khar Kusum

Khar Kusum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khar Kusum as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Keshia, Ketara, Keundi and Khaerbani. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Khar Kusum

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar Kusum village had a population of 5,428. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Khar Kusum village has 2,819 males and 2,609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar Kusum has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Khar Kusum is 721165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khar Kusum covers 89.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 61 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khar Kusum falls under Garbeta I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khar Kusum notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khar Kusum.

Khar Kusum is in Garbeta I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khar Kusum today is likely to be higher.

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