# Pursottampur Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Pursottampur

Pursottampur is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **124 people in 21 households**, the 1272nd largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 124people (2011)
- 21households
- 87.9%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pursottampur

Of every 100 households in Pursottampur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pursottampur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**48%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**91%

Television ****62%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**6%

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 Pursottampur?

■ Pursottampur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**928

Working population ****25.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 82.1% for women. 49% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Cultivators 32 (100%)

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 Harraiya

- Shambhupur126 people
- Sita Rampur126 people
- Chauperwa125 people
- Khusariya125 people
- Chaudhariya123 people
- Sarahiya Sardahi123 people
- Dahiya Khala122 people
- Sakraval Khurd121 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pursottampur?124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pursottampur in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pursottampur?87.9% (Census 2011)