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Purusottampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 255 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 1102 of which 595 are males while 507 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 852 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 643, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 90.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 94.48 % while female literacy rate was 86.36 %.

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 255 - -
Population 1,102 595 507
Child (0-6) 115 70 45
Schedule Caste 245 130 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.68 % 94.48 % 86.36 %
Total Workers 474 330 144
Main Worker 218 - -
Marginal Worker 256 216 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.23 % of total population in Purusottampur village. The village Purusottampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purusottampur village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 45.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.