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Purushotampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushotampur is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 141 families residing. The Purushotampur village has population of 583 of which 280 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushotampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 9.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushotampur village is 1082 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushotampur as per census is 1160, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purushotampur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purushotampur village was 87.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushotampur Male literacy stands at 94.12 % while female literacy rate was 82.12 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Purushotampur 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 Purushotampur village.

Purushotampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 583 280 303
Child (0-6) 54 25 29
Schedule Caste 24 10 14
Schedule Tribe 21 7 14
Literacy 87.90 % 94.12 % 82.12 %
Total Workers 207 164 43
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 54 20 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.12 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.60 % of total population in Purushotampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushotampur village out of total population, 207 were engaged in work activities. 73.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 207 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.