Kusumgram

Kusumgram
Village
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Coordinates: 23°23′26″N88°08′01″E / 23.3905°N 88.1335°E / 23.3905; 88.1335
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	11,707
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713422(Kusumgram)
Telephone/STD code	0342
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Manteswar
Website	bardhaman.gov.in

Kusumgram is a large village in Manteswar CD block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a Muslim majority village with 80 percent Muslims.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Kusumgram had a total population of 11,707, of which 5,972 (51%) were males and 5,735 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,572. The total number of literates in Kusumgram was 7,470 (73.70% of the population over 6 years). ^[1]

Transport

State Highway 8 running from Santaldi (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) and State Highway 15 running from Dainhat (in Purba Bardhaman district) to Gadiara (in Howrah district) cross at Kusumgram. ^[2]

Education

Kusumgram Tyeba Institution, established in 1923, is a Bengali-medium co-educational, higher secondary school. ^[3]

Several private primary and secondary residential and day-boarding schools such as Children Academy were also founded.

References

1. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
3. "Kusumgram Tyeba Institution". ICBSE. Retrieved 6 March 2017.