# Purushottampur Village, Maharajganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **682 people in 100 households**, the 398th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 682people (2011)
- 100households
- 65.4%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

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 Purushottampur?

■ Purushottampur · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**928

Working population ****38.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 48.3% for women. 45% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 72 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 185 (71%)

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 Maharajganj

- Piparia Manik Rai721 people
- Bharara717 people
- Ramnagar703 people
- Phulwaria692 people
- Tilakwania681 people
- Mujahna Khurd666 people
- Dumar Bhar627 people
- Sadho Chak581 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?65.4% (Census 2011)