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Purusotampur Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Purusotampur is a medium size village located in Bangiriposi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 75 families residing. The Purusotampur village has population of 344 of which 180 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusotampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 17.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusotampur village is 911 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusotampur as per census is 967, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusotampur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusotampur village was 41.05 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusotampur Male literacy stands at 53.33 % while female literacy rate was 27.41 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Purusotampur 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 Purusotampur village.

Purusotampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 344 180 164
Child (0-6) 59 30 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 339 178 161
Literacy 41.05 % 53.33 % 27.41 %
Total Workers 175 95 80
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 100 27 73

Caste Factor

In Purusotampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.55 % of total population in Purusotampur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purusotampur village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Purusotampur village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 42.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.