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Purusottampur Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Kendrapara Sadar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 440 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 1900 of which 924 are males while 976 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 10.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 1056 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 1042, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 84.74 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 92.39 % while female literacy rate was 77.51 %.

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 440 - -
Population 1,900 924 976
Child (0-6) 196 96 100
Schedule Caste 164 79 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.74 % 92.39 % 77.51 %
Total Workers 525 499 26
Main Worker 454 - -
Marginal Worker 71 57 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.63 % 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, 525 were engaged in work activities. 86.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 326 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.