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Purusottampur Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Purusottampur is a large village located in Jajpur Sadar Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 721 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 3692 of which 1854 are males while 1838 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 482 which makes up 13.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 991 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 772, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 87.91 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 93.99 % while female literacy rate was 82.00 %.

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 721 - -
Population 3,692 1,854 1,838
Child (0-6) 482 272 210
Schedule Caste 600 294 306
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.91 % 93.99 % 82.00 %
Total Workers 964 897 67
Main Worker 592 - -
Marginal Worker 372 322 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.25 % 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, 964 were engaged in work activities. 61.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 964 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.