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Purushottampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a medium size village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 436 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 1979 of which 1030 are males while 949 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 921 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 815, 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 85.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 89.67 % while female literacy rate was 81.02 %.

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 436 - -
Population 1,979 1,030 949
Child (0-6) 236 130 106
Schedule Caste 181 97 84
Schedule Tribe 56 25 31
Literacy 85.48 % 89.67 % 81.02 %
Total Workers 589 474 115
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 288 206 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.83 % of total population in Purushottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 51.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.