# Purushottampur Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **229 people in 51 households**, the 151st largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 229people (2011)
- 51households
- 92.6%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**32%

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

**4%

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

**65%

Use banking services ****72%**

**60%

Television ****18%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2250**

**943

Working population ****29.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 86.8% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 54 (81%) · **■** Other work 5 (7%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

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 Barjora

- Kururiya Balarampur249 people
- Nabasan244 people
- Shyampur238 people
- Talanda235 people
- Dakaisini225 people
- Rajmadhabpur225 people
- Dhengakend223 people
- Swargabati200 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?92.6% (Census 2011)