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Purusottampur Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Salepur Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 337 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 1254 of which 644 are males while 610 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 8.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 947 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 783, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 87.01 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 93.84 % while female literacy rate was 79.93 %.

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 337 - -
Population 1,254 644 610
Child (0-6) 107 60 47
Schedule Caste 304 160 144
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 87.01 % 93.84 % 79.93 %
Total Workers 606 419 187
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 391 217 174

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Purusottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purusottampur village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 35.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.