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Purshottampur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Purshottampur is a medium size village located in Ramanujganj Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 268 families residing. The Purshottampur village has population of 1257 of which 630 are males while 627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purshottampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 18.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purshottampur village is 995 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Purshottampur as per census is 983, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Purshottampur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purshottampur village was 54.07 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Purshottampur Male literacy stands at 62.16 % while female literacy rate was 45.97 %.

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

Purshottampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,257 630 627
Child (0-6) 238 120 118
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 575 290 285
Literacy 54.07 % 62.16 % 45.97 %
Total Workers 469 278 191
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 215 31 184

Caste Factor

In Purshottampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.74 % of total population in Purshottampur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purshottampur village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Purshottampur village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 54.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.