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Purusottampur Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Narasinghpur Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 293 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 1105 of which 584 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 892 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 914, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 72.64 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 78.33 % while female literacy rate was 66.24 %.

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

Purusottampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,105 584 521
Child (0-6) 111 58 53
Schedule Caste 567 301 266
Schedule Tribe 27 14 13
Literacy 72.64 % 78.33 % 66.24 %
Total Workers 402 356 46
Main Worker 349 - -
Marginal Worker 53 19 34

Caste Factor

In Purusottampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.44 % of total population in Purusottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purusottampur village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 86.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.