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Purushottampur Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Purushottampur is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 240 families residing. The Purushottampur village has population of 1171 of which 597 are males while 574 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purushottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 13.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purushottampur village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purushottampur as per census is 849, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purushottampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purushottampur village was 59.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purushottampur Male literacy stands at 75.73 % while female literacy rate was 42.32 %.

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 240 - -
Population 1,171 597 574
Child (0-6) 159 86 73
Schedule Caste 952 484 468
Schedule Tribe 24 14 10
Literacy 59.19 % 75.73 % 42.32 %
Total Workers 377 324 53
Main Worker 350 - -
Marginal Worker 27 16 11

Caste Factor

In Purushottampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.05 % of total population in Purushottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purushottampur village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 92.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.