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Purushottampur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a small village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 43 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 175 of which 90 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 800, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purushottampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purushottampur village was 68.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

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 43 - -
Population 175 90 85
Child (0-6) 18 10 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 83 48 35
Literacy 68.79 % 80.00 % 57.14 %
Total Workers 92 63 29
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 37 15 22

Caste Factor

In Purushottampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.43 % of total population in Purushottampur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purushottampur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 59.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.