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Purusotamapur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Purusotamapur is a medium size village located in PATAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 214 families residing. The Purusotamapur village has population of 980 of which 495 are males while 485 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusotamapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusotamapur village is 980 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusotamapur as per census is 1039, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Purusotamapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusotamapur village was 72.60 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Purusotamapur Male literacy stands at 84.23 % while female literacy rate was 60.65 %.

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

Purusotamapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 214 - -
Population 980 495 485
Child (0-6) 104 51 53
Schedule Caste 310 143 167
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.60 % 84.23 % 60.65 %
Total Workers 257 220 37
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 87 59 28

Caste Factor

Purusotamapur village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.63 % of total population in Purusotamapur village. The village Purusotamapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purusotamapur village out of total population, 257 were engaged in work activities. 66.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 257 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.