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Purushottampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a large village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 544 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 2715 of which 1420 are males while 1295 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 11.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 919, 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 85.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 93.73 % while female literacy rate was 77.35 %.

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 544 - -
Population 2,715 1,420 1,295
Child (0-6) 307 160 147
Schedule Caste 291 153 138
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.92 % 93.73 % 77.35 %
Total Workers 1,114 890 224
Main Worker 633 - -
Marginal Worker 481 285 196

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.72 % of total population in Purushottampur village. The village Purushottampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 1114 were engaged in work activities. 56.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1114 workers engaged in Main Work, 261 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.