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Purushottampur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a large village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 504 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 2294 of which 1202 are males while 1092 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 314 which makes up 13.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 1136, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purushottampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purushottampur village was 67.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 76.11 % while female literacy rate was 58.70 %.

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

Purushottampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 504 - -
Population 2,294 1,202 1,092
Child (0-6) 314 147 167
Schedule Caste 1,805 941 864
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 67.98 % 76.11 % 58.70 %
Total Workers 681 637 44
Main Worker 585 - -
Marginal Worker 96 72 24

Caste Factor

In Purushottampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.68 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.26 % of total population in Purushottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 681 were engaged in work activities. 85.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 681 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 349 were Agricultural labourer.