# Purushottampur Village, Nautanwa, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 174 households**, the 183rd largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 174households
- 52.0%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****100%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**40%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****87%**

**79%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**939

Working population ****49.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 32.8% for women. 48% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 463 (85%)

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 Nautanwa

- Sukrauli Urf Argha1,154 people
- Hanuman Garhiya1,125 people
- Achal Garh1,120 people
- Lalpur Kalyanpur1,109 people
- Belbhar1,095 people
- Piprahiya1,095 people
- Gajaraha1,065 people
- Paisiya Urf Konghusari1,065 people

[All 266 villages in Nautanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nautanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?52.0% (Census 2011)