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Purusottampur Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Jajpur Sadar Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 386 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 1733 of which 901 are males while 832 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 8.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 923 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 986, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 88.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 94.32 % while female literacy rate was 82.89 %.

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 386 - -
Population 1,733 901 832
Child (0-6) 145 73 72
Schedule Caste 763 394 369
Schedule Tribe 10 7 3
Literacy 88.85 % 94.32 % 82.89 %
Total Workers 679 533 146
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 282 167 115

Caste Factor

In Purusottampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.58 % of total population in Purusottampur village.

Work Profile

In Purusottampur village out of total population, 679 were engaged in work activities. 58.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 679 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.