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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LOVELY BEGAM
Contact: 80****6741
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- LGD code
- 317306
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population
- 499
- Households
- 112
- Literacy rate
- 72.9%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 151
Census 2011 · in context
How Kustor compares
By population, Kustor ranks #139 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.9%
+9.4% vs mandal average
- Kustor
- 72.9%
- Sainthia mandal
- 63.5%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+38 vs mandal average
- Kustor
- 988
- Sainthia mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kustor
- 4.5
- Sainthia mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kustor at a glance
Kustor is a village of 499 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 139th-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 73%, 9 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731234, served by Sainthia post office; the LGD village code is 317306. The sarpanch is LOVELY BEGAM, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 588 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kustor · this village | 499 | 73% | — |
| Uttar Sija · Sainthia | 3,181 | 65% | — |
| Deoash · Sainthia | 2,493 | 64% | — |
| Harpalsa · Sainthia | 2,403 | 56% | — |
| Kanturi · Sainthia | 2,021 | 64% | — |
| Jiui · Sainthia | 1,942 | 57% | — |
| Uttar Kanaipur · Sainthia | 1,499 | 53% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kustor
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 110.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kustor
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kustor
- LGD code
- 317306
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 499
- Population (projected 2026)
- 588
- Households
- 112
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 72.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Labpur
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Debasis Ojha (Haku Da)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LOVELY BEGAM
- Block / Mandal
- Sainthia
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731234
- AmuaSainthia mandal4,398 pop
- MatpalshaSainthia mandal3,756 pop
- Uttar SijaSainthia mandal3,181 pop
- RangaipurSainthia mandal2,965 pop
- NanubazarSainthia mandal2,554 pop
- HarpalsaSainthia mandal2,403 pop
- MahishdahariSainthia mandal2,320 pop
- Paschim NaoaparaSainthia mandal2,288 pop
- PaharpurSainthia mandal2,247 pop
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Other villages named Kustor
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kustor
Other villages in Sainthia mandal
View all 60+ →- Amua
- Matpalsha
- Kunuri
- Uttar Sija
- Rangaipur
- Rasaipur
- Kuchighata
- Balsunda
- Kagas
- Nanubazar
- Bhagabatipur
- Deoash
- Iswarpur
- Harpalsa
- Mahishdahari
- Bhalian
- Paschim Naoapara
- Paharpur
- Hatara
- Derpur
- Kanturi
- Jiui
- Bharamarkol
- Kurumsaha
- Dakshin Sija
- Digha
- Uttar Bamnigaon
- Uttar Kanaipur
- Purba Siur
- Mallikpur
- Palashdanga
- Salchapra
- Kherua
- Kusumjatra
- Paschim Sahapur
- Bataspur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)