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Purushottampur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 63 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 274 of which 143 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 778, 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 76.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 84.80 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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 63 - -
Population 274 143 131
Child (0-6) 32 18 14
Schedule Caste 18 10 8
Schedule Tribe 115 56 59
Literacy 76.03 % 84.80 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 121 89 32
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

In Purushottampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.97 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.57 % of total population in Purushottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 93.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.