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Purushottampur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a medium size village located in Daspur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 295 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 1471 of which 752 are males while 719 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 11.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 895, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purushottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purushottampur village was 93.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 96.55 % while female literacy rate was 90.81 %.

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 295 - -
Population 1,471 752 719
Child (0-6) 163 86 77
Schedule Caste 360 182 178
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 93.73 % 96.55 % 90.81 %
Total Workers 536 460 76
Main Worker 504 - -
Marginal Worker 32 12 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.47 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Purushottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 94.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.