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Purusottampur Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Purusottampur is a medium size village located in Binjharpur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 127 families residing. The Purusottampur village has population of 547 of which 284 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusottampur village is 926 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusottampur as per census is 1069, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusottampur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusottampur village was 89.32 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusottampur Male literacy stands at 95.69 % while female literacy rate was 82.33 %.

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 127 - -
Population 547 284 263
Child (0-6) 60 29 31
Schedule Caste 152 75 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.32 % 95.69 % 82.33 %
Total Workers 182 175 7
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

Purusottampur village of Jajapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.79 % 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, 182 were engaged in work activities. 95.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 182 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.