# Purshottampur Village, Bikapur, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bikapur, Faizabad 

# Purshottampur

Purshottampur is a village in Bikapur sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **783 people in 127 households**, the 193rd largest of 339 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 783people (2011)
- 127households
- 72.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purshottampur

Of every 100 households in Purshottampur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purshottampur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**90%

Tap water ****2%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****85%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purshottampur?

■ Purshottampur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**919

Working population ****34.7%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 60.4% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (8%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (49%) · **■** Marginal 52 (19%)

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 Bikapur

- Naharpur800 people
- Sherpur799 people
- Dehariyawan792 people
- Karanpur Mu.Garibshapur791 people
- Ramdaspur Manjharauli782 people
- Umarani759 people
- Sherpur Para750 people
- Newnapurab746 people

[All 340 villages in Bikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/bikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purshottampur?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purshottampur in?Faizabad district (Bikapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purshottampur?72.4% (Census 2011)