# Purshotampur Village, Najibabad, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Najibabad, Bijnor 

# Purshotampur

Purshotampur is a village in Najibabad sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,251 people in 341 households**, the 60th largest of 402 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,251people (2011)
- 341households
- 77.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purshotampur

Of every 100 households in Purshotampur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purshotampur · ■ Najibabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**45%

Tap water ****65%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**57%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****78%**

**74%

Television ****0%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Purshotampur?

■ Purshotampur · ■ Najibabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**882

Working population ****21.7%**

**28.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 74.2% for women. 39% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 292 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (23%) · **■** Household industry 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 28 (6%) · **■** Marginal 36 (7%)

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 Najibabad

- Karmaskheri2,326 people
- Budgari2,325 people
- Sikrauda2,275 people
- Kamgarpur2,265 people
- Ganguwala2,250 people
- Hasanpur2,245 people
- Shahjhanpur Jasrath2,245 people
- Ahamadpur Sadat2,243 people

[All 520 villages in Najibabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/najibabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purshotampur?2,251 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purshotampur in?Bijnor district (Najibabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purshotampur?77.1% (Census 2011)