# Purshotampura Village, Palera, Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Palera, Tikamgarh 

# Purshotampura

Purshotampura is a village in Palera sub-district of Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **500 people in 96 households**, the 110th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 500people (2011)
- 96households
- 61.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Purshotampura PIN code and other codes

Purshotampura falls in Palera sub-district, Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPalera
- Census village code456940

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Purshotampura from nearby towns?

- Palera (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Tikamgarh (district HQ)58 km by road
- Jatara (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Purshotampura?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Purshotampura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bamhori Kala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jatara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tikamgarh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Purshotampura known for?

About 70% of the 523 hectares of village land is sown, and 341 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Purshotampura

Of every 100 households in Purshotampura in 2011, 29 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purshotampura · ■ Palera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****37%**

**29%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Purshotampura?

■ Purshotampura · ■ Palera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**882

Working population ****49.6%**

**46.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 45.8% for women. 52% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 153 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (26%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 19 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Palera

- Rajpura549 people
- Kishunpura537 people
- Atrar530 people
- Kotra Khera529 people
- Monthi473 people
- Majra Kutin468 people
- Paduwa457 people
- Allpur455 people

[All 150 villages in Palera](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/tikamgarh/palera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Purshotampura from Tikamgarh?58 km by road
- What is the population of Purshotampura?500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purshotampura in?Tikamgarh district (Palera sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purshotampura?61.3% (Census 2011)