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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 83 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 350 of which 176 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 9.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 989 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 1133, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 86.16 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 91.93 % while female literacy rate was 80.25 %.

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 83 - -
Population 350 176 174
Child (0-6) 32 15 17
Schedule Caste 157 77 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.16 % 91.93 % 80.25 %
Total Workers 114 99 15
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 55 45 10

Caste Factor

In Purusottampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.86 % 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, 114 were engaged in work activities. 51.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.